Birchwood Village vs Lake St. Croix Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Birchwood Village and Lake St. Croix Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Birchwood Village and Lake St. Croix Beach are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake St. Croix Beach has the higher population (1,106 vs 960 in Birchwood Village). Birchwood Village has the higher median household income ($156,653 vs $100,134 in Lake St. Croix Beach). Birchwood Village has the higher median home value ($461,800 vs $334,600 in Lake St. Croix Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Birchwood Village	Lake St. Croix Beach
Population	960	1,106
Median age	41.3 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$156,653	$100,134
Median home value	$461,800	$334,600
Median gross rent	$1,806	$963
Housing units	397	531
Homeownership rate	80.6%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.7%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birchwood Village	Lake St. Croix Beach
Population	957 → 960 (+0.3%)	1,058 → 1,106 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$108,542 → $156,653 (+44.3%)	$80,556 → $100,134 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$346,900 → $461,800 (+33.1%)	$228,600 → $334,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,806 (+64.2%)	$863 → $963 (+11.6%)

Birchwood Village

Population

957960

Median household income

$108,542$156,653

Median home value

$346,900$461,800

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,806

Lake St. Croix Beach

Population

1,0581,106

Median household income

$80,556$100,134

Median home value

$228,600$334,600

Median gross rent

$863$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birchwood Village	Lake St. Croix Beach
Under 5	5.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.5%	21.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	23.3%
75 and over	4.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birchwood Village	Lake St. Croix Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	88.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birchwood Village	Lake St. Croix Beach
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	8.1%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.2%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birchwood Village	Lake St. Croix Beach
Drove alone	68.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	1.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.9%
Worked from home	23.8%	7.6%
Other means	0.4%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birchwood Village	Lake St. Croix Beach
1-unit, detached	93.2%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Birchwood Village	Lake St. Croix Beach
Poverty rate	4.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1970	1965