Gem Lake vs Little Canada

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

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

Little Canada has the higher population (10,546 vs 521 in Gem Lake). Gem Lake has the higher median household income ($146,250 vs $71,370 in Little Canada). Gem Lake has the higher median home value ($536,600 vs $302,600 in Little Canada).

Population, income & housing

	Gem Lake	Little Canada
Population	521	10,546
Median age	41.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$146,250	$71,370
Median home value	$536,600	$302,600
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,350
Housing units	186	4,969
Homeownership rate	90.4%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gem Lake	Little Canada
Population	567 → 521 (-8.1%)	10,451 → 10,546 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$124,844 → $146,250 (+17.1%)	$52,842 → $71,370 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$331,700 → $536,600 (+61.8%)	$242,500 → $302,600 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,750 (+13.9%)	$1,002 → $1,350 (+34.7%)

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

Little Canada

Population

10,45110,546

Median household income

$52,842$71,370

Median home value

$242,500$302,600

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,350

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gem Lake	Little Canada
Under 5	8.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	5.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.7%
75 and over	9.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gem Lake	Little Canada
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	62.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.0%	13.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gem Lake	Little Canada
No high school diploma	0.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	22.2%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gem Lake	Little Canada
Drove alone	73.0%	72.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.4%	1.9%
Walked	1.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	21.3%	18.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gem Lake	Little Canada
1-unit, detached	96.2%	36.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	44.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Gem Lake	Little Canada
Poverty rate	2.3%	10.1%
Average household size	2.94	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1974	1979