Pine City vs Sturgeon Lake

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

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

Pine City has the higher population (3,339 vs 526 in Sturgeon Lake). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $51,654 in Pine City). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $181,800 in Pine City).

Population, income & housing

	Pine City	Sturgeon Lake
Population	3,339	526
Median age	40.9 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,654	$77,500
Median home value	$181,800	$190,600
Median gross rent	$676	$1,038
Housing units	1,790	233
Homeownership rate	63.4%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine City	Sturgeon Lake
Population	3,100 → 3,339 (+7.7%)	438 → 526 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$41,292 → $51,654 (+25.1%)	$62,500 → $77,500 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$148,300 → $181,800 (+22.6%)	$135,200 → $190,600 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $676 (-6.8%)	$850 → $1,038 (+22.1%)

Pine City

Population

3,1003,339

Median household income

$41,292$51,654

Median home value

$148,300$181,800

Median gross rent

$725$676

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)

	Pine City	Sturgeon Lake
Under 5	4.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.9%	27.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.3%
75 and over	11.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine City	Sturgeon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	74.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.7%
Asian	0.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine City	Sturgeon Lake
No high school diploma	9.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	34.0%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine City	Sturgeon Lake
Drove alone	76.9%	60.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	33.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine City	Sturgeon Lake
1-unit, detached	64.1%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Pine City	Sturgeon Lake
Poverty rate	12.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.03	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1975	1993