Lake Henry vs Meire Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Henry and Meire Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meire Grove has the higher population (170 vs 80 in Lake Henry). Lake Henry has the higher median household income ($103,036 vs $68,125 in Meire Grove). Meire Grove has the higher median home value ($164,600 vs $123,800 in Lake Henry).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Henry	Meire Grove
Population	80	170
Median age	35.0 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,036	$68,125
Median home value	$123,800	$164,600
Median gross rent	—	$750
Housing units	41	68
Homeownership rate	89.7%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Henry	Meire Grove
Population	52 → 80 (+53.8%)	191 → 170 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $103,036 (+129.0%)	$59,583 → $68,125 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $123,800 (+10.0%)	$101,600 → $164,600 (+62.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$646 → $750 (+16.1%)

Lake Henry

Population

5280

Median household income

$45,000$103,036

Median home value

$112,500$123,800

Meire Grove

Population

191170

Median household income

$59,583$68,125

Median home value

$101,600$164,600

Median gross rent

$646$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Henry	Meire Grove
Under 5	7.5%	10.6%
5 to 17	7.5%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	14.7%
25 to 34	30.0%	28.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	7.6%
45 to 54	5.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	23.8%	4.1%
75 and over	5.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Henry	Meire Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Henry	Meire Grove
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.4%
High school graduate	43.8%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Henry	Meire Grove
Drove alone	64.4%	83.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Henry	Meire Grove
1-unit, detached	95.1%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Henry	Meire Grove
Poverty rate	1.4%	10.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	13	29
Median year structure built	1952	1968