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Forest Lake, MN

20,729 Population
30.5 square miles 678.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 38 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$46,249 ±$2,832 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $52,840 ±$319
  • a little less than the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
$92,944 ±$8,689 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $99,833 ±$641
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409

7% ±3.1% (1,446  ±639) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 8.2% 300,663 (±0.2% / ±8,118)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)

24.2 minutes ±1.8 (220,895  ±23,426) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 23.9 36,953,836 (±0.1 / ±257,604)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)

Families

8,286 ±347 Number of households
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,477,259 ±2,971
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
2.5 ±0.1 (20,610  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.5 3,646,176
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148

1.7% ±1.1% (87  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 5.3% 46,680 (±0.2% / ±1,657)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)

Housing

8,723 ±385 Number of housing units
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,551,396 ±396
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535

$393,500 ±$19,271 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $374,000 ±$1,103
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903

9.9% ±3.1% (2,045  ±648.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 12.4% 454,009 (±0.2% / ±7,923)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)

Social

94.6% ±5.1% (13,323  ±820.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 94.3% 2,399,502 (±0.4% / ±11,171.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
35.4% ±3.5% (4,985  ±513.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 45.4% 1,155,399 (±0.3% / ±7,449.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.2% ±2.1% (1,071  ±432) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 10.9% 404,575
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722

4.7% ±0.9% (742  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 5.3% 150,014 (±0.1% / ±2,365)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
742 Total veterans ±144 694 Male ±135 48 Female ±36

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