Hinckley vs Sturgeon Lake

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

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

Hinckley has the higher population (1,665 vs 526 in Sturgeon Lake). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $41,979 in Hinckley). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $165,200 in Hinckley).

Population, income & housing

	Hinckley	Sturgeon Lake
Population	1,665	526
Median age	44.5 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,979	$77,500
Median home value	$165,200	$190,600
Median gross rent	$1,004	$1,038
Housing units	734	233
Homeownership rate	57.2%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hinckley	Sturgeon Lake
Population	1,606 → 1,665 (+3.7%)	438 → 526 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$34,583 → $41,979 (+21.4%)	$62,500 → $77,500 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$115,300 → $165,200 (+43.3%)	$135,200 → $190,600 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$749 → $1,004 (+34.0%)	$850 → $1,038 (+22.1%)

Hinckley

Population

1,6061,665

Median household income

$34,583$41,979

Median home value

$115,300$165,200

Median gross rent

$749$1,004

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)

	Hinckley	Sturgeon Lake
Under 5	6.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	27.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.3%
75 and over	11.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hinckley	Sturgeon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	74.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.4%	1.7%
Asian	1.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hinckley	Sturgeon Lake
No high school diploma	12.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	49.0%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hinckley	Sturgeon Lake
Drove alone	74.1%	60.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	33.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.4%
Other means	5.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hinckley	Sturgeon Lake
1-unit, detached	63.9%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Hinckley	Sturgeon Lake
Poverty rate	18.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1973	1993