Lac qui Parle County vs Murray County

A side-by-side comparison of Lac qui Parle County and Murray County: population, income, housing, and more.

Lac qui Parle County and Murray County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Murray County has the higher population (8,119 vs 6,694 in Lac qui Parle County). Murray County has the higher median household income ($74,475 vs $71,639 in Lac qui Parle County). Murray County has the higher median home value ($179,400 vs $143,400 in Lac qui Parle County).

Population, income & housing

	Lac qui Parle County	Murray County
Population	6,694	8,119
Median age	47.7 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,639	$74,475
Median home value	$143,400	$179,400
Median gross rent	$809	$768
Housing units	3,474	4,401
Homeownership rate	83.0%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lac qui Parle County	Murray County
Population	6,719 → 6,694 (-0.4%)	8,296 → 8,119 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$53,071 → $71,639 (+35.0%)	$60,231 → $74,475 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $143,400 (+61.9%)	$120,100 → $179,400 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $809 (+49.5%)	$572 → $768 (+34.3%)

Lac qui Parle County

Population

6,7196,694

Median household income

$53,071$71,639

Median home value

$88,600$143,400

Median gross rent

$541$809

Murray County

Population

8,2968,119

Median household income

$60,231$74,475

Median home value

$120,100$179,400

Median gross rent

$572$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lac qui Parle County	Murray County
Under 5	5.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	14.3%
75 and over	13.0%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lac qui Parle County	Murray County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lac qui Parle County	Murray County
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	36.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lac qui Parle County	Murray County
Drove alone	73.6%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.6%	9.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lac qui Parle County	Murray County
1-unit, detached	87.0%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lac qui Parle County	Murray County
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1950	1963