Lake St. Croix Beach vs Lakeland

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

Lake St. Croix Beach 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 1,106 in Lake St. Croix Beach). Lakeland has the higher median household income ($101,339 vs $100,134 in Lake St. Croix Beach). Lakeland has the higher median home value ($357,700 vs $334,600 in Lake St. Croix Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Lake St. Croix Beach	Lakeland
Population	1,106	1,510
Median age	54.1 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,134	$101,339
Median home value	$334,600	$357,700
Median gross rent	$963	$1,644
Housing units	531	743
Homeownership rate	95.2%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.6%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake St. Croix Beach	Lakeland
Population	1,058 → 1,106 (+4.5%)	1,799 → 1,510 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$80,556 → $100,134 (+24.3%)	$90,972 → $101,339 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$228,600 → $334,600 (+46.4%)	$258,300 → $357,700 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $963 (+11.6%)	$1,112 → $1,644 (+47.8%)

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

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)

	Lake St. Croix Beach	Lakeland
Under 5	2.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	21.9%	21.7%
65 to 74	23.3%	16.4%
75 and over	3.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake St. Croix Beach	Lakeland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake St. Croix Beach	Lakeland
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	24.9%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake St. Croix Beach	Lakeland
Drove alone	81.7%	69.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	22.0%
Other means	6.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake St. Croix Beach	Lakeland
1-unit, detached	94.0%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake St. Croix Beach	Lakeland
Poverty rate	12.1%	3.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1965	1976