Hugo vs Lake Elmo

A side-by-side comparison of Hugo and Lake Elmo: population, income, housing, and more.

Hugo and Lake Elmo are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hugo has the higher population (16,076 vs 12,504 in Lake Elmo). Lake Elmo has the higher median household income ($153,407 vs $114,057 in Hugo). Lake Elmo has the higher median home value ($588,900 vs $394,200 in Hugo).

Population, income & housing

	Hugo	Lake Elmo
Population	16,076	12,504
Median age	39.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$114,057	$153,407
Median home value	$394,200	$588,900
Median gross rent	$1,896	$2,204
Housing units	6,522	4,747
Homeownership rate	89.1%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	61.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hugo	Lake Elmo
Population	14,767 → 16,076 (+8.9%)	8,969 → 12,504 (+39.4%)
Median household income	$89,969 → $114,057 (+26.8%)	$118,421 → $153,407 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$259,300 → $394,200 (+52.0%)	$426,600 → $588,900 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,896 (+26.4%)	$1,280 → $2,204 (+72.2%)

Hugo

Population

14,76716,076

Median household income

$89,969$114,057

Median home value

$259,300$394,200

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,896

Lake Elmo

Population

8,96912,504

Median household income

$118,421$153,407

Median home value

$426,600$588,900

Median gross rent

$1,280$2,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hugo	Lake Elmo
Under 5	8.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.7%
75 and over	5.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hugo	Lake Elmo
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	85.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hugo	Lake Elmo
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.1%
High school graduate	19.6%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hugo	Lake Elmo
Drove alone	79.2%	57.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.0%	34.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hugo	Lake Elmo
1-unit, detached	61.0%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	28.6%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Hugo	Lake Elmo
Poverty rate	1.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	2003	2002