Kinney vs Nett Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Kinney and Nett Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nett Lake has the higher population (183 vs 156 in Kinney). Kinney has the higher median household income ($53,438 vs $35,000 in Nett Lake). Since 2019, Kinney's population has grown faster (-18.8% vs -26.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Kinney	Nett Lake
Population	156	183
Median age	41.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,438	$35,000
Median home value	$100,000	—
Median gross rent	—	$842
Housing units	73	105
Homeownership rate	89.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinney	Nett Lake
Population	192 → 156 (-18.8%)	249 → 183 (-26.5%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $53,438 (+8.2%)	$29,583 → $35,000 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$55,500 → $100,000 (+80.2%)	$50,000 → $77,500 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $513 (-46.0%)	$596 → $842 (+41.3%)

Kinney

Population

192156

Median household income

$49,375$53,438

Median home value

$55,500$100,000

Median gross rent

$950$513

Nett Lake

Population

249183

Median household income

$29,583$35,000

Median home value

$50,000$77,500

Median gross rent

$596$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kinney	Nett Lake
Under 5	6.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	5.5%
75 and over	10.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinney	Nett Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	4.4%
Black or African American	12.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	94.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinney	Nett Lake
No high school diploma	6.7%	20.5%
High school graduate	34.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinney	Nett Lake
Drove alone	80.7%	67.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	7.0%	20.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinney	Nett Lake
1-unit, detached	83.6%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Kinney	Nett Lake
Poverty rate	14.5%	20.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	31	14
Median year structure built	1943	1995