Canby vs Wood Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Canby and Wood Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canby has the higher population (1,563 vs 398 in Wood Lake). Wood Lake has the higher median household income ($68,958 vs $58,839 in Canby). Canby has the higher median home value ($131,800 vs $85,000 in Wood Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Canby	Wood Lake
Population	1,563	398
Median age	40.5 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,839	$68,958
Median home value	$131,800	$85,000
Median gross rent	$600	$650
Housing units	805	185
Homeownership rate	82.7%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canby	Wood Lake
Population	1,605 → 1,563 (-2.6%)	423 → 398 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$49,280 → $58,839 (+19.4%)	$49,063 → $68,958 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $131,800 (+41.4%)	$66,900 → $85,000 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $600 (+31.0%)	$488 → $650 (+33.2%)

Canby

Population

1,6051,563

Median household income

$49,280$58,839

Median home value

$93,200$131,800

Median gross rent

$458$600

Wood Lake

Population

423398

Median household income

$49,063$68,958

Median home value

$66,900$85,000

Median gross rent

$488$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canby	Wood Lake
Under 5	4.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.1%	17.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	16.3%
75 and over	13.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canby	Wood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canby	Wood Lake
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	33.9%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canby	Wood Lake
Drove alone	77.3%	76.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	11.7%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	4.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	5.1%
Other means	0.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canby	Wood Lake
1-unit, detached	78.6%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Canby	Wood Lake
Poverty rate	12.0%	7.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1964	1938