Minong vs Shell Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Minong and Shell Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Minong and Shell Lake are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shell Lake has the higher population (1,513 vs 662 in Minong). Shell Lake has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $29,427 in Minong). Shell Lake has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $88,800 in Minong).

Population, income & housing

	Minong	Shell Lake
Population	662	1,513
Median age	44.6 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$29,427	$56,875
Median home value	$88,800	$207,100
Median gross rent	$839	$713
Housing units	365	938
Homeownership rate	52.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minong	Shell Lake
Population	486 → 662 (+36.2%)	1,320 → 1,513 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$31,667 → $29,427 (-7.1%)	$38,152 → $56,875 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $88,800 (-1.1%)	$124,200 → $207,100 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $839 (+13.8%)	$652 → $713 (+9.4%)

Minong

Population

486662

Median household income

$31,667$29,427

Median home value

$89,800$88,800

Median gross rent

$737$839

Shell Lake

Population

1,3201,513

Median household income

$38,152$56,875

Median home value

$124,200$207,100

Median gross rent

$652$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minong	Shell Lake
Under 5	6.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	20.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	15.0%
75 and over	15.7%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minong	Shell Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minong	Shell Lake
No high school diploma	10.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	54.4%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minong	Shell Lake
Drove alone	82.1%	71.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	4.6%	12.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minong	Shell Lake
1-unit, detached	70.4%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Minong	Shell Lake
Poverty rate	33.8%	9.0%
Average household size	2.01	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	11	20
Median year structure built	1978	1977