Dellwood vs Lake St. Croix Beach

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

Dellwood 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.

Dellwood has the higher population (1,145 vs 1,106 in Lake St. Croix Beach). Dellwood has the higher median household income ($208,125 vs $100,134 in Lake St. Croix Beach). Dellwood has the higher median home value ($729,800 vs $334,600 in Lake St. Croix Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Dellwood	Lake St. Croix Beach
Population	1,145	1,106
Median age	44.5 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$208,125	$100,134
Median home value	$729,800	$334,600
Median gross rent	$1,333	$963
Housing units	430	531
Homeownership rate	96.6%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.9%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dellwood	Lake St. Croix Beach
Population	1,298 → 1,145 (-11.8%)	1,058 → 1,106 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$193,000 → $208,125 (+7.8%)	$80,556 → $100,134 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$616,300 → $729,800 (+18.4%)	$228,600 → $334,600 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,333 (+18.5%)	$863 → $963 (+11.6%)

Dellwood

Population

1,2981,145

Median household income

$193,000$208,125

Median home value

$616,300$729,800

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,333

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)

	Dellwood	Lake St. Croix Beach
Under 5	7.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	21.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	23.3%
75 and over	9.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dellwood	Lake St. Croix Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	88.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dellwood	Lake St. Croix Beach
No high school diploma	0.5%	1.5%
High school graduate	9.6%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	40.5%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dellwood	Lake St. Croix Beach
Drove alone	68.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	1.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	23.8%	7.6%
Other means	2.6%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dellwood	Lake St. Croix Beach
1-unit, detached	99.1%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Dellwood	Lake St. Croix Beach
Poverty rate	3.9%	12.1%
Average household size	2.94	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1980	1965