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SheetMN-EAGLE-LAKE-MN · Eagle Lake, MN 3,268 pop · income 76th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Eagle Lake
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Eagle Lake on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Ely · lowest
46,042
Ely · lowest
46,042 median HH income
29.4% of the leader · rank #1
Selma · near
97,153
Selma · near
97,153 median HH income
62.1% of the leader · rank #2
Miramar Beach · near
97,159
Miramar Beach · near
97,159 median HH income
62.1% of the leader · rank #3
Eagle Lake · this city
97,161
Eagle Lake · this city
97,161 median HH income
62.1% of the leader · rank #4
Blue Ball · near
97,173
Blue Ball · near
97,173 median HH income
62.1% of the leader · rank #5
Bayshore · near
97,174
Bayshore · near
97,174 median HH income
62.1% of the leader · rank #6
Sierra Ridge · highest
156,456
Sierra Ridge · highest
156,456 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Eagle Lake on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 3,268.
Eagle Lake ranks in the 76th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
76th
percentile, household income
56th
percentile, home value
36th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Eagle Lake, MN
3,268 people live in Eagle Lake, Minnesota - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Eagle Lake report a median income of $97,161 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.7%. Eagle Lake's housing stock carries a median value of $249,600, and the median resident age is 31.8 years. About 38.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 76.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 22 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Rapid Growth), up 38% from five years earlier.
Minnesota tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Minnesota scores 98.6 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,125 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Minnesota's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 42.4 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Eagle Lake's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to schools and households to housing and income to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Eagle Lake, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Eagle Lake?
Within Minnesota, the closest population matches are Rush City (3,262 residents, $58,543 income); Ely (3,239 residents, $46,042 income); Moose Lake (3,297 residents, $61,576 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Cherry Valley, IL (3,268 residents); Park, TN (3,268 residents); San Manuel, AZ (3,269 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the education layer cover for Eagle Lake?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 38.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
How far does income reach against housing in Eagle Lake?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Is Eagle Lake growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +66 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 22 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Eagle Lake?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 80.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.4%
Work from home
8.7%
Drive alone
80.3%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,802 workers age 16+.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Minnesota average
C+
City profile score · Eagle Lake, MN
64/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income B+
$97,161
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B
38.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living D
98.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Eagle Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 76/100 (B+) · $97,161
Bachelor's+ share: 72/100 (B) · 38.0%
Poverty rate: 61/100 (C+) · 5.7%
Cost of living: 46/100 (D) · 98.6 index
How does Eagle Lake compare to other US cities?
Eagle Lake measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income76% higher than other cities
Home value56% pricier than other cities
Median rent36% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Eagle Lake against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Minnesota only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Minnesota-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Eagle Lake near the bottom of Minnesota's cities
Among the 785 Minnesota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Eagle Lake ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Eagle Lake only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#138 of 775
82nd percentile in Minnesota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 785
0th percentile in Minnesota
Median Home Value
#216 of 774
72nd percentile in Minnesota
Poverty Rate
#369 of 785
52nd percentile in Minnesota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#127 of 784
84th percentile in Minnesota
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Minnesota only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
76th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Eagle Lake's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$249,60044th percentilemore affordable than 44% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Eagle Lake's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,362 of 15,516
More affordable than 72% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,901 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.6×, Eagle Lake sits in the affordable band:
national rank #4,362 of 15,516 and #3,901 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$97,161Eagle Lake, MN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Eagle Lake, MN median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Eagle Lake, MN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)76.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,268
Median Income
$97,161
Median Home Value
$249,600
Median Age
31.8
Poverty Rate
5.7%
Labor force participation
76.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
38.0%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Eagle Lake's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,291 residents
2021
3,284 residents
2022
3,276 residents
2023
3,259 residents
2024
3,304 residents
2025
3,357 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
22
housing units authorized
Single-Family
22
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
6.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
16
8
8
$2.7M
2020
8
8
0
$1.3M
2021
6
6
0
$1.7M
2022
10
10
0
$3.5M
2023
39
5
34
$6.7M
2024
22
22
0
$5.1M
Permit volume increased 38% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
80.3%
Carpool
8.7%
Public Transit
0.4%
Walk
0.6%
Work from Home
8.7%
Other
1.3%
Based on 1,802 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Minnesota statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Minnesota at $225 (electricity about $95 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Minnesota statewide averages, not a meter reading for Eagle Lake. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Minnesota's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Eagle Lake is $1,125/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Minnesota statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 42.4 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Minnesota statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Eagle Lake sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Eagle Lake compares to similar-size Minnesota cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.