St. Leo vs Wood Lake

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

St. Leo 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 129 in St. Leo). Wood Lake has the higher median household income ($68,958 vs $57,500 in St. Leo). Since 2019, St. Leo's population has grown faster (+15.2% vs -5.9%).

Population, income & housing

	St. Leo	Wood Lake
Population	129	398
Median age	56.1 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$68,958
Median home value	—	$85,000
Median gross rent	—	$650
Housing units	74	185
Homeownership rate	64.1%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.7%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Leo	Wood Lake
Population	112 → 129 (+15.2%)	423 → 398 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $57,500 (+67.3%)	$49,063 → $68,958 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$42,000 → $48,800 (+16.2%)	$66,900 → $85,000 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$291 → $519 (+78.4%)	$488 → $650 (+33.2%)

St. Leo

Population

112129

Median household income

$34,375$57,500

Median home value

$42,000$48,800

Median gross rent

$291$519

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)

	St. Leo	Wood Lake
Under 5	12.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	1.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	0.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	27.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	5.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	2.3%	17.1%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	37.2%	16.3%
75 and over	3.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Leo	Wood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	88.4%
Black or African American	4.7%	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	3.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Leo	Wood Lake
No high school diploma	21.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	12.7%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	62.7%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.9%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Leo	Wood Lake
Drove alone	75.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	22.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Leo	Wood Lake
1-unit, detached	75.7%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	St. Leo	Wood Lake
Poverty rate	14.7%	7.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1966	1938