Howard Lake vs Maple Lake

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

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

Maple Lake has the higher population (2,104 vs 1,864 in Howard Lake). Howard Lake has the higher median household income ($99,464 vs $75,469 in Maple Lake). Howard Lake has the higher median home value ($239,100 vs $221,800 in Maple Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Howard Lake	Maple Lake
Population	1,864	2,104
Median age	45.4 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$99,464	$75,469
Median home value	$239,100	$221,800
Median gross rent	$930	$811
Housing units	881	814
Homeownership rate	76.9%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard Lake	Maple Lake
Population	1,881 → 1,864 (-0.9%)	2,315 → 2,104 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$52,731 → $99,464 (+88.6%)	$69,327 → $75,469 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$153,800 → $239,100 (+55.5%)	$161,700 → $221,800 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $930 (+20.2%)	$721 → $811 (+12.5%)

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

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)

	Howard Lake	Maple Lake
Under 5	9.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.2%	23.4%
18 to 24	3.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.3%
45 to 54	17.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	12.1%	5.0%
75 and over	11.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard Lake	Maple Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard Lake	Maple Lake
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard Lake	Maple Lake
Drove alone	78.0%	85.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	18.2%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard Lake	Maple Lake
1-unit, detached	72.3%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	9.6%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Howard Lake	Maple Lake
Poverty rate	6.2%	6.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1991	1979