Rutledge vs Sturgeon Lake

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

Rutledge 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 278 in Rutledge). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $62,917 in Rutledge). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $111,700 in Rutledge).

Population, income & housing

	Rutledge	Sturgeon Lake
Population	278	526
Median age	47.7 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$77,500
Median home value	$111,700	$190,600
Median gross rent	$825	$1,038
Housing units	138	233
Homeownership rate	91.4%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rutledge	Sturgeon Lake
Population	217 → 278 (+28.1%)	438 → 526 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $62,917 (+38.5%)	$62,500 → $77,500 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $111,700 (+5.1%)	$135,200 → $190,600 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $825 (+4.2%)	$850 → $1,038 (+22.1%)

Rutledge

Population

217278

Median household income

$45,417$62,917

Median home value

$106,300$111,700

Median gross rent

$792$825

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)

	Rutledge	Sturgeon Lake
Under 5	10.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	6.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	8.4%
45 to 54	19.1%	27.6%
55 to 64	18.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.3%
75 and over	6.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rutledge	Sturgeon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	74.5%
Black or African American	7.2%	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	0.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rutledge	Sturgeon Lake
No high school diploma	12.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	45.1%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rutledge	Sturgeon Lake
Drove alone	82.9%	60.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	33.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rutledge	Sturgeon Lake
1-unit, detached	73.9%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Rutledge	Sturgeon Lake
Poverty rate	13.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1976	1993