Finlayson vs Sturgeon Lake

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

Finlayson 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 228 in Finlayson). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $63,750 in Finlayson). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $175,000 in Finlayson).

Population, income & housing

	Finlayson	Sturgeon Lake
Population	228	526
Median age	47.6 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$77,500
Median home value	$175,000	$190,600
Median gross rent	$790	$1,038
Housing units	120	233
Homeownership rate	76.4%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Finlayson	Sturgeon Lake
Population	321 → 228 (-29.0%)	438 → 526 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$38,929 → $63,750 (+63.8%)	$62,500 → $77,500 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $175,000 (+47.3%)	$135,200 → $190,600 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $790 (+39.1%)	$850 → $1,038 (+22.1%)

Finlayson

Population

321228

Median household income

$38,929$63,750

Median home value

$118,800$175,000

Median gross rent

$568$790

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)

	Finlayson	Sturgeon Lake
Under 5	3.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	1.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	19.7%	6.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	27.6%
55 to 64	18.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	14.9%	13.3%
75 and over	6.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Finlayson	Sturgeon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	74.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.7%
Asian	0.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Finlayson	Sturgeon Lake
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	43.8%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Finlayson	Sturgeon Lake
Drove alone	85.4%	60.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	33.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Finlayson	Sturgeon Lake
1-unit, detached	65.0%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Finlayson	Sturgeon Lake
Poverty rate	19.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1974	1993