Sandstone vs Sturgeon Lake

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

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

Sandstone has the higher population (2,538 vs 526 in Sturgeon Lake). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $50,288 in Sandstone). Sturgeon Lake has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $137,500 in Sandstone).

Population, income & housing

	Sandstone	Sturgeon Lake
Population	2,538	526
Median age	39.6 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,288	$77,500
Median home value	$137,500	$190,600
Median gross rent	$1,011	$1,038
Housing units	704	233
Homeownership rate	54.2%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandstone	Sturgeon Lake
Population	2,670 → 2,538 (-4.9%)	438 → 526 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$39,750 → $50,288 (+26.5%)	$62,500 → $77,500 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $137,500 (+77.4%)	$135,200 → $190,600 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,011 (+22.7%)	$850 → $1,038 (+22.1%)

Sandstone

Population

2,6702,538

Median household income

$39,750$50,288

Median home value

$77,500$137,500

Median gross rent

$824$1,011

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)

	Sandstone	Sturgeon Lake
Under 5	4.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	8.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	18.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	23.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	15.6%	27.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	4.0%	13.3%
75 and over	6.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandstone	Sturgeon Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	74.5%
Black or African American	9.2%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	1.7%
Asian	1.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandstone	Sturgeon Lake
No high school diploma	17.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	46.7%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandstone	Sturgeon Lake
Drove alone	75.8%	60.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	33.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandstone	Sturgeon Lake
1-unit, detached	72.9%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Sandstone	Sturgeon Lake
Poverty rate	26.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1966	1993