Arden Hills vs Gem Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Arden Hills and Gem Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arden Hills has the higher population (9,737 vs 521 in Gem Lake). Gem Lake has the higher median household income ($146,250 vs $128,668 in Arden Hills). Gem Lake has the higher median home value ($536,600 vs $423,800 in Arden Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Arden Hills	Gem Lake
Population	9,737	521
Median age	35.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$128,668	$146,250
Median home value	$423,800	$536,600
Median gross rent	$1,847	$1,750
Housing units	2,998	186
Homeownership rate	83.6%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.0%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden Hills	Gem Lake
Population	10,293 → 9,737 (-5.4%)	567 → 521 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$91,250 → $128,668 (+41.0%)	$124,844 → $146,250 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$292,900 → $423,800 (+44.7%)	$331,700 → $536,600 (+61.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,558 → $1,847 (+18.5%)	$1,536 → $1,750 (+13.9%)

Arden Hills

Population

10,2939,737

Median household income

$91,250$128,668

Median home value

$292,900$423,800

Median gross rent

$1,558$1,847

Gem Lake

Population

567521

Median household income

$124,844$146,250

Median home value

$331,700$536,600

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden Hills	Gem Lake
Under 5	5.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	20.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.8%	6.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	5.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	19.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.5%
75 and over	9.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden Hills	Gem Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	93.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden Hills	Gem Lake
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	13.9%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.1%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden Hills	Gem Lake
Drove alone	57.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.3%
Public transit	1.7%	0.4%
Walked	6.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	21.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden Hills	Gem Lake
1-unit, detached	65.9%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arden Hills	Gem Lake
Poverty rate	4.3%	2.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1977	1974