Cokato vs Howard Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Cokato and Howard Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cokato has the higher population (2,780 vs 1,864 in Howard Lake). Howard Lake has the higher median household income ($99,464 vs $71,090 in Cokato). Howard Lake has the higher median home value ($239,100 vs $216,100 in Cokato).

Population, income & housing

	Cokato	Howard Lake
Population	2,780	1,864
Median age	32.6 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,090	$99,464
Median home value	$216,100	$239,100
Median gross rent	$926	$930
Housing units	1,093	881
Homeownership rate	67.0%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cokato	Howard Lake
Population	2,738 → 2,780 (+1.5%)	1,881 → 1,864 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$52,639 → $71,090 (+35.1%)	$52,731 → $99,464 (+88.6%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $216,100 (+47.8%)	$153,800 → $239,100 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $926 (+20.3%)	$774 → $930 (+20.2%)

Cokato

Population

2,7382,780

Median household income

$52,639$71,090

Median home value

$146,200$216,100

Median gross rent

$770$926

Howard Lake

Population

1,8811,864

Median household income

$52,731$99,464

Median home value

$153,800$239,100

Median gross rent

$774$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cokato	Howard Lake
Under 5	11.4%	9.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.1%
75 and over	8.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cokato	Howard Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cokato	Howard Lake
No high school diploma	11.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	42.4%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cokato	Howard Lake
Drove alone	83.8%	78.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.8%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	18.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cokato	Howard Lake
1-unit, detached	64.6%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	17.3%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Cokato	Howard Lake
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1976	1991