Mounds View vs North Oaks

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

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

Mounds View has the higher population (12,992 vs 5,175 in North Oaks). North Oaks has the higher median household income ($235,858 vs $90,148 in Mounds View). North Oaks has the higher median home value ($756,300 vs $294,500 in Mounds View).

Population, income & housing

	Mounds View	North Oaks
Population	12,992	5,175
Median age	37.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,148	$235,858
Median home value	$294,500	$756,300
Median gross rent	$1,216	$2,932
Housing units	5,417	1,816
Homeownership rate	69.3%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	72.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mounds View	North Oaks
Population	13,094 → 12,992 (-0.8%)	5,177 → 5,175 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$67,402 → $90,148 (+33.7%)	$178,816 → $235,858 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $294,500 (+42.5%)	$633,300 → $756,300 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,216 (+31.0%)	$2,614 → $2,932 (+12.2%)

Mounds View

Population

13,09412,992

Median household income

$67,402$90,148

Median home value

$206,700$294,500

Median gross rent

$928$1,216

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)

	Mounds View	North Oaks
Under 5	8.1%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	21.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	3.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.0%
75 and over	8.0%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mounds View	North Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	82.0%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.2%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mounds View	North Oaks
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	24.9%	7.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mounds View	North Oaks
Drove alone	71.3%	57.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.6%
Public transit	2.5%	1.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	16.3%	33.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mounds View	North Oaks
1-unit, detached	54.9%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	15.6%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mounds View	North Oaks
Poverty rate	12.5%	4.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1976	1985