Dellwood vs Lakeland

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

Dellwood 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 1,145 in Dellwood). Dellwood has the higher median household income ($208,125 vs $101,339 in Lakeland). Dellwood has the higher median home value ($729,800 vs $357,700 in Lakeland).

Population, income & housing

	Dellwood	Lakeland
Population	1,145	1,510
Median age	44.5 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$208,125	$101,339
Median home value	$729,800	$357,700
Median gross rent	$1,333	$1,644
Housing units	430	743
Homeownership rate	96.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.9%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dellwood	Lakeland
Population	1,298 → 1,145 (-11.8%)	1,799 → 1,510 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$193,000 → $208,125 (+7.8%)	$90,972 → $101,339 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$616,300 → $729,800 (+18.4%)	$258,300 → $357,700 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $1,333 (+18.5%)	$1,112 → $1,644 (+47.8%)

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

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)

	Dellwood	Lakeland
Under 5	7.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	21.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	16.4%
75 and over	9.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dellwood	Lakeland
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dellwood	Lakeland
No high school diploma	0.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	9.6%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.5%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dellwood	Lakeland
Drove alone	68.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	22.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dellwood	Lakeland
1-unit, detached	99.1%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dellwood	Lakeland
Poverty rate	3.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.94	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1980	1976