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Lake Elmo city, Washington County, MN

13,140 Population
22.1 square miles 594.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Washington County: 39.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$76,087 ±$9,073 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington County: $56,954 ±$1,151
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$153,669 ±$12,387 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Washington County: $115,345 ±$2,183
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.8% ±2.2% (631  ±288) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Washington County: 5.1% † 13,989 (±0.6% / ±1,650)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±5.2 (89,605  ±13,331) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Washington County: 24 2,596,470 (±0.4 / ±72,406)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,714 ±246 Number of households
  • Washington County: 105,577 ±567
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (13,107  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Washington County: 2.6 272,873 (±0 / ±116)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±2.4% (142  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 4.6% † 2,823 (±0.6% / ±344)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,897 ±266 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 109,307 ±100
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$597,000 ±$31,172 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Washington County: $422,000 ±$5,583
  • nearly double the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.6% ±2.2% (726  ±281.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Washington County: 11.1% 30,381 (±0.9% / ±2,377.9)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.5% ±6.3% (8,736  ±664.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Washington County: 96.1% 181,238 (±1.6% / ±3,099.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
61.9% ±4.9% (5,492  ±490.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 49.1% 92,582 (±1.1% / ±2,152.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.6% ±1.9% (610  ±245) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Washington County: 8.5% 23,594
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±2.5% (744  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington County: 5.5% 11,439 (±0.4% / ±766)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
744 Total veterans ±242 692 Male ±232 52 Female ±36

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