Lake Elmo vs Stillwater

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

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

Stillwater has the higher population (19,323 vs 12,504 in Lake Elmo). Lake Elmo has the higher median household income ($153,407 vs $109,297 in Stillwater). Lake Elmo has the higher median home value ($588,900 vs $398,100 in Stillwater).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Elmo	Stillwater
Population	12,504	19,323
Median age	40.2 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$153,407	$109,297
Median home value	$588,900	$398,100
Median gross rent	$2,204	$1,408
Housing units	4,747	8,446
Homeownership rate	92.3%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Elmo	Stillwater
Population	8,969 → 12,504 (+39.4%)	19,341 → 19,323 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$118,421 → $153,407 (+29.5%)	$91,350 → $109,297 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$426,600 → $588,900 (+38.0%)	$291,400 → $398,100 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,280 → $2,204 (+72.2%)	$1,014 → $1,408 (+38.9%)

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

Stillwater

Population

19,34119,323

Median household income

$91,350$109,297

Median home value

$291,400$398,100

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Elmo	Stillwater
Under 5	7.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	15.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.5%
75 and over	7.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Elmo	Stillwater
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	84.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.8%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Elmo	Stillwater
No high school diploma	1.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	14.5%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.8%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Elmo	Stillwater
Drove alone	57.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	0.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	34.5%	19.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Elmo	Stillwater
1-unit, detached	80.5%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.2%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Elmo	Stillwater
Poverty rate	4.3%	7.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	2002	1982