Cokato vs Maple Lake

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

Cokato and Maple 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 2,104 in Maple Lake). Maple Lake has the higher median household income ($75,469 vs $71,090 in Cokato). Maple Lake has the higher median home value ($221,800 vs $216,100 in Cokato).

Population, income & housing

	Cokato	Maple Lake
Population	2,780	2,104
Median age	32.6 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,090	$75,469
Median home value	$216,100	$221,800
Median gross rent	$926	$811
Housing units	1,093	814
Homeownership rate	67.0%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cokato	Maple Lake
Population	2,738 → 2,780 (+1.5%)	2,315 → 2,104 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$52,639 → $71,090 (+35.1%)	$69,327 → $75,469 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $216,100 (+47.8%)	$161,700 → $221,800 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $926 (+20.3%)	$721 → $811 (+12.5%)

Cokato

Population

2,7382,780

Median household income

$52,639$71,090

Median home value

$146,200$216,100

Median gross rent

$770$926

Maple Lake

Population

2,3152,104

Median household income

$69,327$75,469

Median home value

$161,700$221,800

Median gross rent

$721$811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cokato	Maple Lake
Under 5	11.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	23.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.3%
45 to 54	7.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	5.0%
75 and over	8.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cokato	Maple Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cokato	Maple Lake
No high school diploma	11.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	42.4%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cokato	Maple Lake
Drove alone	83.8%	85.6%
Carpooled	5.0%	5.2%
Public transit	2.4%	1.6%
Walked	3.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cokato	Maple Lake
1-unit, detached	64.6%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	17.3%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cokato	Maple Lake
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1976	1979