Clarkfield vs Wood Lake

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

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

Clarkfield has the higher population (868 vs 398 in Wood Lake). Wood Lake has the higher median household income ($68,958 vs $57,232 in Clarkfield). Clarkfield has the higher median home value ($86,400 vs $85,000 in Wood Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Clarkfield	Wood Lake
Population	868	398
Median age	34.4 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,232	$68,958
Median home value	$86,400	$85,000
Median gross rent	$792	$650
Housing units	422	185
Homeownership rate	77.8%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarkfield	Wood Lake
Population	903 → 868 (-3.9%)	423 → 398 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$48,917 → $57,232 (+17.0%)	$49,063 → $68,958 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$58,400 → $86,400 (+47.9%)	$66,900 → $85,000 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $792 (+23.0%)	$488 → $650 (+33.2%)

Clarkfield

Population

903868

Median household income

$48,917$57,232

Median home value

$58,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$644$792

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)

	Clarkfield	Wood Lake
Under 5	9.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	17.1%
55 to 64	7.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	16.3%
75 and over	11.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarkfield	Wood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	1.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarkfield	Wood Lake
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	46.1%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarkfield	Wood Lake
Drove alone	85.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.1%
Other means	1.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarkfield	Wood Lake
1-unit, detached	83.9%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	8.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Clarkfield	Wood Lake
Poverty rate	11.4%	7.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1955	1938