Meadowlands vs Nett Lake

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

Meadowlands 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 151 in Meadowlands). Meadowlands has the higher median household income ($41,528 vs $35,000 in Nett Lake). Since 2019, Meadowlands's population has grown faster (+11.0% vs -26.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Meadowlands	Nett Lake
Population	151	183
Median age	38.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,528	$35,000
Median home value	$55,000	—
Median gross rent	$671	$842
Housing units	71	105
Homeownership rate	63.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadowlands	Nett Lake
Population	136 → 151 (+11.0%)	249 → 183 (-26.5%)
Median household income	$21,750 → $41,528 (+90.9%)	$29,583 → $35,000 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$48,300 → $55,000 (+13.9%)	$50,000 → $77,500 (+55.0%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $671 (+14.1%)	$596 → $842 (+41.3%)

Meadowlands

Population

136151

Median household income

$21,750$41,528

Median home value

$48,300$55,000

Median gross rent

$588$671

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)

	Meadowlands	Nett Lake
Under 5	5.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	29.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	1.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	21.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	6.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.5%
75 and over	9.9%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadowlands	Nett Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	4.4%
Black or African American	21.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadowlands	Nett Lake
No high school diploma	4.1%	20.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadowlands	Nett Lake
Drove alone	57.4%	67.9%
Carpooled	19.7%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	14.8%	20.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadowlands	Nett Lake
1-unit, detached	52.1%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	25.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Meadowlands	Nett Lake
Poverty rate	12.4%	20.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	33	14
Median year structure built	1970	1995