Maple Lake vs Montrose

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

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

Montrose has the higher population (3,840 vs 2,104 in Maple Lake). Montrose has the higher median household income ($98,832 vs $75,469 in Maple Lake). Montrose has the higher median home value ($260,100 vs $221,800 in Maple Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Maple Lake	Montrose
Population	2,104	3,840
Median age	32.9 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,469	$98,832
Median home value	$221,800	$260,100
Median gross rent	$811	$1,313
Housing units	814	1,503
Homeownership rate	80.7%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maple Lake	Montrose
Population	2,315 → 2,104 (-9.1%)	3,182 → 3,840 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$69,327 → $75,469 (+8.9%)	$72,875 → $98,832 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$161,700 → $221,800 (+37.2%)	$176,200 → $260,100 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $811 (+12.5%)	$1,002 → $1,313 (+31.0%)

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

Montrose

Population

3,1823,840

Median household income

$72,875$98,832

Median home value

$176,200$260,100

Median gross rent

$1,002$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maple Lake	Montrose
Under 5	6.9%	10.2%
5 to 17	23.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	17.3%	17.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.0%	3.3%
75 and over	3.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maple Lake	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maple Lake	Montrose
No high school diploma	7.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	32.6%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maple Lake	Montrose
Drove alone	85.6%	85.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.1%
Public transit	1.6%	0.8%
Walked	0.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maple Lake	Montrose
1-unit, detached	84.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	12.8%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Maple Lake	Montrose
Poverty rate	6.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1979	2002