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Forest Lake, MN

20,004 Population
30.5 square miles 655 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$39,085 ±$2,683 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $41,204 ±$216
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $37,625 ±$160
$79,840 ±$8,430 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $80,421 ±$435
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $71,306 ±$262

5.9% ±1.9% (1,161  ±368) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 8.6% 302,434 (±0.2% / ±5,149)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 9.7% 526,065 (±0.1% / ±7,319)

28.7 minutes ±1.5 (293,570  ±19,817) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 25.6 46,303,150 (±0.1 / ±255,385)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 23.8 64,944,025 (±0.1 / ±287,823)

Families

7,588 ±220 Number of households
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,373,979 ±3,061
  • Minnesota: 2,185,603 ±5,103
2.6 ±0.1 (19,889  ±108) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 3,511,665 (±0 / ±1,115)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,431,436 (±0)

5.8% ±2.2% (268  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 5.7% 48,403 (±0.2% / ±1,432)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.8% 73,859 (±0.1% / ±1,659)

Housing

8,068 ±274 Number of housing units
  • the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 1,442,298 ±698
  • Minnesota: 2,438,203 ±1,284

$272,200 ±$10,522 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: $257,000 ±$725
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $223,900 ±$467

11.4% ±2.7% (2,246  ±530.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 14.5% 510,850 (±0.2% / ±7,221.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 14.1% 773,672 (±0.2% / ±9,094.3)

Social

93.9% ±4.2% (12,478  ±707.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 93.6% 2,265,983 (±0.4% / ±8,981)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.1% 3,508,509 (±0.3% / ±10,964.5)
32% ±2.7% (4,252  ±393) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 42% 1,016,338 (±0.2% / ±5,727.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 36.1% 1,359,167 (±0.2% / ±6,960.4)

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

3.8% ±1% (755  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 10.7% 383,480 (±0.1% / ±4,897)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 8.5% 472,849 (±0.1% / ±5,480)

6.6% ±1.4% (1,012  ±222) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metro Area: 6.2% 169,470 (±0.1% / ±2,190)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 7% 300,044 (±0.1% / ±2,436)
1,012 Total veterans ±222 981 Male ±216 31 Female ±36

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