Birchwood Village vs Lakeland

A side-by-side comparison of Birchwood Village and Lakeland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakeland has the higher population (1,510 vs 960 in Birchwood Village). Birchwood Village has the higher median household income ($156,653 vs $101,339 in Lakeland). Birchwood Village has the higher median home value ($461,800 vs $357,700 in Lakeland).

Population, income & housing

	Birchwood Village	Lakeland
Population	960	1,510
Median age	41.3 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$156,653	$101,339
Median home value	$461,800	$357,700
Median gross rent	$1,806	$1,644
Housing units	397	743
Homeownership rate	80.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.7%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birchwood Village	Lakeland
Population	957 → 960 (+0.3%)	1,799 → 1,510 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$108,542 → $156,653 (+44.3%)	$90,972 → $101,339 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$346,900 → $461,800 (+33.1%)	$258,300 → $357,700 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,806 (+64.2%)	$1,112 → $1,644 (+47.8%)

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

Lakeland

Population

1,7991,510

Median household income

$90,972$101,339

Median home value

$258,300$357,700

Median gross rent

$1,112$1,644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birchwood Village	Lakeland
Under 5	5.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	21.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	16.4%
75 and over	4.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birchwood Village	Lakeland
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	93.2%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birchwood Village	Lakeland
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.3%
High school graduate	8.1%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.2%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birchwood Village	Lakeland
Drove alone	68.6%	69.2%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.4%
Walked	3.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	22.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birchwood Village	Lakeland
1-unit, detached	93.2%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birchwood Village	Lakeland
Poverty rate	4.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1970	1976