Mounds View vs White Bear Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Mounds View and White Bear Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

White Bear Lake has the higher population (24,026 vs 12,992 in Mounds View). Mounds View has the higher median household income ($90,148 vs $79,712 in White Bear Lake). White Bear Lake has the higher median home value ($318,000 vs $294,500 in Mounds View).

Population, income & housing

	Mounds View	White Bear Lake
Population	12,992	24,026
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,148	$79,712
Median home value	$294,500	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,540
Housing units	5,417	10,937
Homeownership rate	69.3%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mounds View	White Bear Lake
Population	13,094 → 12,992 (-0.8%)	25,673 → 24,026 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$67,402 → $90,148 (+33.7%)	$71,709 → $79,712 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $294,500 (+42.5%)	$226,000 → $318,000 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,216 (+31.0%)	$1,134 → $1,540 (+35.8%)

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

White Bear Lake

Population

25,67324,026

Median household income

$71,709$79,712

Median home value

$226,000$318,000

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,540

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mounds View	White Bear Lake
Under 5	8.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.8%
75 and over	8.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mounds View	White Bear Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	81.7%
Black or African American	6.2%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.2%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mounds View	White Bear Lake
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	24.9%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mounds View	White Bear Lake
Drove alone	71.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.8%
Public transit	2.5%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.3%	18.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mounds View	White Bear Lake
1-unit, detached	54.9%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	5.8%
20 or more units	15.6%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mounds View	White Bear Lake
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1976	1970