Dakota vs Lewiston

A side-by-side comparison of Dakota and Lewiston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lewiston has the higher population (1,680 vs 276 in Dakota). Lewiston has the higher median household income ($96,912 vs $92,969 in Dakota). Dakota has the higher median home value ($223,900 vs $211,200 in Lewiston).

Population, income & housing

	Dakota	Lewiston
Population	276	1,680
Median age	45.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,969	$96,912
Median home value	$223,900	$211,200
Median gross rent	—	$955
Housing units	151	655
Homeownership rate	94.9%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dakota	Lewiston
Population	287 → 276 (-3.8%)	1,802 → 1,680 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$61,786 → $92,969 (+50.5%)	$66,016 → $96,912 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$162,900 → $223,900 (+37.4%)	$163,300 → $211,200 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$680 → $955 (+40.4%)

Dakota

Population

287276

Median household income

$61,786$92,969

Median home value

$162,900$223,900

Lewiston

Population

1,8021,680

Median household income

$66,016$96,912

Median home value

$163,300$211,200

Median gross rent

$680$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dakota	Lewiston
Under 5	0.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	21.7%
18 to 24	15.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	18.5%	9.5%
75 and over	4.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dakota	Lewiston
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dakota	Lewiston
No high school diploma	5.0%	16.4%
High school graduate	36.1%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dakota	Lewiston
Drove alone	84.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	14.8%	10.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dakota	Lewiston
1-unit, detached	94.7%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Dakota	Lewiston
Poverty rate	2.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1965	1979