Porter vs Wood Lake

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

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

Wood Lake has the higher population (398 vs 190 in Porter). Wood Lake has the higher median household income ($68,958 vs $54,125 in Porter). Porter has the higher median home value ($99,300 vs $85,000 in Wood Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Porter	Wood Lake
Population	190	398
Median age	43.4 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,125	$68,958
Median home value	$99,300	$85,000
Median gross rent	$875	$650
Housing units	114	185
Homeownership rate	69.9%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Porter	Wood Lake
Population	181 → 190 (+5.0%)	423 → 398 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$45,833 → $54,125 (+18.1%)	$49,063 → $68,958 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $99,300 (+44.8%)	$66,900 → $85,000 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$425 → $875 (+105.9%)	$488 → $650 (+33.2%)

Porter

Population

181190

Median household income

$45,833$54,125

Median home value

$68,600$99,300

Median gross rent

$425$875

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)

	Porter	Wood Lake
Under 5	6.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	17.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.7%	16.3%
75 and over	6.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Porter	Wood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Porter	Wood Lake
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	35.7%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Porter	Wood Lake
Drove alone	79.4%	76.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	5.1%
Other means	1.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Porter	Wood Lake
1-unit, detached	96.5%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Porter	Wood Lake
Poverty rate	11.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.04	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938