Lakeland vs Marine on St. Croix

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

Lakeland and Marine on St. Croix 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 712 in Marine on St. Croix). Marine on St. Croix has the higher median household income ($123,750 vs $101,339 in Lakeland). Marine on St. Croix has the higher median home value ($464,100 vs $357,700 in Lakeland).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeland	Marine on St. Croix
Population	1,510	712
Median age	52.7 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,339	$123,750
Median home value	$357,700	$464,100
Median gross rent	$1,644	$2,200
Housing units	743	333
Homeownership rate	85.6%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	69.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeland	Marine on St. Croix
Population	1,799 → 1,510 (-16.1%)	733 → 712 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$90,972 → $101,339 (+11.4%)	$96,250 → $123,750 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$258,300 → $357,700 (+38.5%)	$397,100 → $464,100 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $1,644 (+47.8%)	$1,286 → $2,200 (+71.1%)

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

Marine on St. Croix

Population

733712

Median household income

$96,250$123,750

Median home value

$397,100$464,100

Median gross rent

$1,286$2,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeland	Marine on St. Croix
Under 5	4.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	3.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	21.7%	21.6%
65 to 74	16.4%	19.4%
75 and over	7.2%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeland	Marine on St. Croix
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeland	Marine on St. Croix
No high school diploma	2.3%	0.9%
High school graduate	19.1%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	39.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	30.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeland	Marine on St. Croix
Drove alone	69.2%	59.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	22.0%	29.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeland	Marine on St. Croix
1-unit, detached	93.8%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeland	Marine on St. Croix
Poverty rate	3.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1976	1950