Gem Lake vs North Oaks

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

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

North Oaks has the higher population (5,175 vs 521 in Gem Lake). North Oaks has the higher median household income ($235,858 vs $146,250 in Gem Lake). North Oaks has the higher median home value ($756,300 vs $536,600 in Gem Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Gem Lake	North Oaks
Population	521	5,175
Median age	41.2 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$146,250	$235,858
Median home value	$536,600	$756,300
Median gross rent	$1,750	$2,932
Housing units	186	1,816
Homeownership rate	90.4%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	72.4%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gem Lake	North Oaks
Population	567 → 521 (-8.1%)	5,177 → 5,175 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$124,844 → $146,250 (+17.1%)	$178,816 → $235,858 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$331,700 → $536,600 (+61.8%)	$633,300 → $756,300 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,750 (+13.9%)	$2,614 → $2,932 (+12.2%)

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

North Oaks

Population

5,1775,175

Median household income

$178,816$235,858

Median home value

$633,300$756,300

Median gross rent

$2,614$2,932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gem Lake	North Oaks
Under 5	8.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	21.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.7%
25 to 34	6.1%	3.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	5.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	19.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.0%
75 and over	9.6%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gem Lake	North Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gem Lake	North Oaks
No high school diploma	0.3%	2.0%
High school graduate	22.2%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gem Lake	North Oaks
Drove alone	73.0%	57.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.4%	1.3%
Walked	1.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	21.3%	33.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gem Lake	North Oaks
1-unit, detached	96.2%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gem Lake	North Oaks
Poverty rate	2.3%	4.5%
Average household size	2.94	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1974	1985