Lake City vs Mazeppa

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

Lake City and Mazeppa 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 948 in Mazeppa). Mazeppa has the higher median household income ($88,929 vs $76,125 in Lake City). Lake City has the higher median home value ($234,100 vs $231,200 in Mazeppa).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Mazeppa
Population	5,021	948
Median age	48.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,125	$88,929
Median home value	$234,100	$231,200
Median gross rent	$1,022	$1,005
Housing units	2,682	450
Homeownership rate	78.8%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Mazeppa
Population	5,261 → 5,021 (-4.6%)	829 → 948 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$57,853 → $76,125 (+31.6%)	$67,708 → $88,929 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $234,100 (+38.0%)	$143,900 → $231,200 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,022 (+20.9%)	$850 → $1,005 (+18.2%)

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

Mazeppa

Population

829948

Median household income

$67,708$88,929

Median home value

$143,900$231,200

Median gross rent

$850$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Mazeppa
Under 5	4.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	18.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	11.0%
75 and over	14.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Mazeppa
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Mazeppa
No high school diploma	4.2%	8.7%
High school graduate	30.7%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Mazeppa
Drove alone	72.2%	81.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	11.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Mazeppa
1-unit, detached	62.9%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	3.1%
20 or more units	10.7%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Mazeppa
Poverty rate	6.5%	12.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1974	1984