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Mountain Lake city, Cottonwood County, MN

1,833 Population
1.6 square miles 1,123.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cottonwood County: 41.3 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$27,279 ±$3,714 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cottonwood County: $34,105 ±$1,963
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$59,115 ±$9,890 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cottonwood County: $68,239 † ±$7,395
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

17.4% ±5.9% (309  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cottonwood County: 14.2% † 1,594 (±2.4% / ±265)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

13.1 minutes ±1.9 (8,585  ±2,204) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cottonwood County: 16 75,355 (±1.4 / ±7,346)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

713 ±87 Number of households
  • Cottonwood County: 4,659 ±127
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.5 ±0.1 (1,773  ±220) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cottonwood County: 2.4 11,075 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

9.5% ±7.3% (38  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cottonwood County: 7.7% † 164 (±4.4% / ±95)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

758 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Cottonwood County: 5,163 ±50
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$118,900 ±$11,016 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cottonwood County: $154,000 ±$10,847
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

11.4% ±5.8% (205  ±107.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cottonwood County: 10.1% † 1,142 (±2.2% / ±254.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

89.6% ±6.6% (965  ±125.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cottonwood County: 92.4% 7,158 (±4.6% / ±365.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
21.9% ±4.8% (236  ±57.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cottonwood County: 22.9% † 1,772 (±2.4% / ±188.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

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

13.8% ±3.5% (252  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cottonwood County: 5.9% 679
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

2.4% ±1.2% (30  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cottonwood County: 6.1% † 526 (±1% / ±89)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
30 Total veterans ±15 30 Male ±15 N/A Female ±9

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