Gem Lake vs Lauderdale

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

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

Lauderdale has the higher population (2,386 vs 521 in Gem Lake). Gem Lake has the higher median household income ($146,250 vs $76,558 in Lauderdale). Gem Lake has the higher median home value ($536,600 vs $273,600 in Lauderdale).

Population, income & housing

	Gem Lake	Lauderdale
Population	521	2,386
Median age	41.2 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$146,250	$76,558
Median home value	$536,600	$273,600
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,358
Housing units	186	1,216
Homeownership rate	90.4%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	69.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gem Lake	Lauderdale
Population	567 → 521 (-8.1%)	2,514 → 2,386 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$124,844 → $146,250 (+17.1%)	$53,684 → $76,558 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$331,700 → $536,600 (+61.8%)	$206,100 → $273,600 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,750 (+13.9%)	$988 → $1,358 (+37.4%)

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

Lauderdale

Population

2,5142,386

Median household income

$53,684$76,558

Median home value

$206,100$273,600

Median gross rent

$988$1,358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gem Lake	Lauderdale
Under 5	8.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	9.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	13.4%
25 to 34	6.1%	25.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	5.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	6.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.3%
75 and over	9.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gem Lake	Lauderdale
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	63.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	11.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gem Lake	Lauderdale
No high school diploma	0.3%	2.5%
High school graduate	22.2%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	32.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gem Lake	Lauderdale
Drove alone	73.0%	59.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	3.3%
Public transit	0.4%	9.8%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.8%
Worked from home	21.3%	20.6%
Other means	0.4%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gem Lake	Lauderdale
1-unit, detached	96.2%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	23.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gem Lake	Lauderdale
Poverty rate	2.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.94	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1974	1975