Babbitt vs Hoyt Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hoyt Lakes has the higher population (2,074 vs 1,420 in Babbitt). Hoyt Lakes has the higher median household income ($64,514 vs $54,318 in Babbitt). Babbitt has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $90,700 in Hoyt Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Babbitt	Hoyt Lakes
Population	1,420	2,074
Median age	51.3 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,318	$64,514
Median home value	$96,000	$90,700
Median gross rent	$726	—
Housing units	836	941
Homeownership rate	81.2%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Babbitt	Hoyt Lakes
Population	1,419 → 1,420 (+0.1%)	2,074 → 2,074 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$45,458 → $54,318 (+19.5%)	$54,063 → $64,514 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $96,000 (+27.5%)	$69,600 → $90,700 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $726 (+10.7%)	$615 → $745 (+21.1%)

Babbitt

Population

1,4191,420

Median household income

$45,458$54,318

Median home value

$75,300$96,000

Median gross rent

$656$726

Hoyt Lakes

Population

2,0742,074

Median household income

$54,063$64,514

Median home value

$69,600$90,700

Median gross rent

$615$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Babbitt	Hoyt Lakes
Under 5	3.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	9.8%	18.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	14.5%	10.0%
75 and over	15.8%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Babbitt	Hoyt Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	3.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Babbitt	Hoyt Lakes
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	24.2%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Babbitt	Hoyt Lakes
Drove alone	78.5%	66.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	20.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Babbitt	Hoyt Lakes
1-unit, detached	92.1%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Babbitt	Hoyt Lakes
Poverty rate	13.9%	10.1%
Average household size	2.01	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1958	—