Elgin vs Lake City

A side-by-side comparison of Elgin and Lake City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake City has the higher population (5,021 vs 1,147 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median household income ($87,000 vs $76,125 in Lake City). Lake City has the higher median home value ($234,100 vs $218,200 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Lake City
Population	1,147	5,021
Median age	31.8 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,000	$76,125
Median home value	$218,200	$234,100
Median gross rent	$738	$1,022
Housing units	481	2,682
Homeownership rate	77.8%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Lake City
Population	1,268 → 1,147 (-9.5%)	5,261 → 5,021 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$60,208 → $87,000 (+44.5%)	$57,853 → $76,125 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $218,200 (+42.1%)	$169,600 → $234,100 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $738 (+20.4%)	$845 → $1,022 (+20.9%)

Elgin

Population

1,2681,147

Median household income

$60,208$87,000

Median home value

$153,500$218,200

Median gross rent

$613$738

Lake City

Population

5,2615,021

Median household income

$57,853$76,125

Median home value

$169,600$234,100

Median gross rent

$845$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Lake City
Under 5	9.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	3.3%	14.2%
75 and over	5.1%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Lake City
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Lake City
Drove alone	84.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	9.5%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Lake City
1-unit, detached	76.9%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Lake City
Poverty rate	6.5%	6.5%
Average household size	2.74	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1986	1974