Brook Park vs Sturgeon Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Brook Park and Sturgeon Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Brook Park and Sturgeon Lake are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sturgeon Lake has the higher population (526 vs 123 in Brook Park). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $60,625 in Brook Park). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $101,400 in Brook Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brook Park	Sturgeon Lake
Population	123	526
Median age	38.5 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$77,500
Median home value	$101,400	$190,600
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,038
Housing units	53	233
Homeownership rate	58.1%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brook Park	Sturgeon Lake
Population	141 → 123 (-12.8%)	438 → 526 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $60,625 (+24.4%)	$62,500 → $77,500 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $101,400 (-4.6%)	$135,200 → $190,600 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,125 (+27.7%)	$850 → $1,038 (+22.1%)

Brook Park

Population

141123

Median household income

$48,750$60,625

Median home value

$106,300$101,400

Median gross rent

$881$1,125

Sturgeon Lake

Population

438526

Median household income

$62,500$77,500

Median home value

$135,200$190,600

Median gross rent

$850$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brook Park	Sturgeon Lake
Under 5	0.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	22.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	20.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	27.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	13.3%
75 and over	4.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brook Park	Sturgeon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	74.5%
Black or African American	4.1%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	13.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brook Park	Sturgeon Lake
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	63.6%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brook Park	Sturgeon Lake
Drove alone	81.4%	60.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	33.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brook Park	Sturgeon Lake
1-unit, detached	81.1%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Brook Park	Sturgeon Lake
Poverty rate	1.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.86	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	41	20
Median year structure built	1971	1993