Rock Creek vs Sturgeon Lake

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

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

Rock Creek has the higher population (1,711 vs 526 in Sturgeon Lake). Rock Creek has the higher median household income ($99,500 vs $77,500 in Sturgeon Lake). Rock Creek has the higher median home value ($294,800 vs $190,600 in Sturgeon Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Creek	Sturgeon Lake
Population	1,711	526
Median age	37.2 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$99,500	$77,500
Median home value	$294,800	$190,600
Median gross rent	$841	$1,038
Housing units	663	233
Homeownership rate	93.7%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Creek	Sturgeon Lake
Population	1,620 → 1,711 (+5.6%)	438 → 526 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$72,143 → $99,500 (+37.9%)	$62,500 → $77,500 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$195,600 → $294,800 (+50.7%)	$135,200 → $190,600 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $841 (-22.6%)	$850 → $1,038 (+22.1%)

Rock Creek

Population

1,6201,711

Median household income

$72,143$99,500

Median home value

$195,600$294,800

Median gross rent

$1,087$841

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)

	Rock Creek	Sturgeon Lake
Under 5	9.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	6.5%
35 to 44	17.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	27.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.3%
75 and over	3.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Creek	Sturgeon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	74.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.7%
Asian	0.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Creek	Sturgeon Lake
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	43.4%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Creek	Sturgeon Lake
Drove alone	79.9%	60.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	33.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	4.4%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Creek	Sturgeon Lake
1-unit, detached	92.9%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Rock Creek	Sturgeon Lake
Poverty rate	6.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1991	1993