Lake City vs Plainview

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

Lake City and Plainview 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 3,501 in Plainview). Lake City has the higher median household income ($76,125 vs $69,800 in Plainview). Lake City has the higher median home value ($234,100 vs $230,600 in Plainview).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Plainview
Population	5,021	3,501
Median age	48.4 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,125	$69,800
Median home value	$234,100	$230,600
Median gross rent	$1,022	$774
Housing units	2,682	1,389
Homeownership rate	78.8%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Plainview
Population	5,261 → 5,021 (-4.6%)	3,277 → 3,501 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$57,853 → $76,125 (+31.6%)	$60,969 → $69,800 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $234,100 (+38.0%)	$146,400 → $230,600 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $1,022 (+20.9%)	$622 → $774 (+24.4%)

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

Plainview

Population

3,2773,501

Median household income

$60,969$69,800

Median home value

$146,400$230,600

Median gross rent

$622$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake City	Plainview
Under 5	4.0%	9.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	24.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	16.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	6.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	7.2%
75 and over	14.1%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Plainview
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	88.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Plainview
No high school diploma	4.2%	7.9%
High school graduate	30.7%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Plainview
Drove alone	72.2%	78.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.8%	4.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Plainview
1-unit, detached	62.9%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	12.2%
20 or more units	10.7%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Plainview
Poverty rate	6.5%	14.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1974	1980