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SheetMN-TWIN-LAKES-MN · Twin Lakes, MN 182 pop · income 14th 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 Twin Lakes
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Twin Lakes on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Nett Lake · lowest
35,000
Nett Lake · lowest
35,000 median HH income
25.1% of the leader · rank #1
Twin Lakes · this city
45,833
Twin Lakes · this city
45,833 median HH income
32.9% of the leader · rank #2
Westley · near
45,833
Westley · near
45,833 median HH income
32.9% of the leader · rank #3
Mayo · near
45,833
Mayo · near
45,833 median HH income
32.9% of the leader · rank #4
Matthews · near
45,833
Matthews · near
45,833 median HH income
32.9% of the leader · rank #5
Marydel · near
45,833
Marydel · near
45,833 median HH income
32.9% of the leader · rank #6
Biscay · highest
139,375
Biscay · highest
139,375 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 Twin Lakes 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: 182.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Twin Lakes places in the 14th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
14th
percentile, household income
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: Twin Lakes, MN
Minnesota's Twin Lakes is a small town, with 182 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $45,833 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 51.4%. The median resident age is 42.2 years. 4.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 72.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,125 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Minnesota's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 42.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Twin Lakes'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 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 Twin Lakes, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Twin Lakes?
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.
Within Minnesota, the closest population matches are Felton (182 residents, $48,750 income); Northome (182 residents); Mendota (183 residents, $108,333 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Paint Rock, AL (182 residents); Clacks Canyon, AZ (182 residents); East Verde Estates, AZ (182 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.
Is Twin Lakes growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.8% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
What does the journey to work look like in Twin Lakes?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Low income · poverty 51.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.6 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Minnesota average
F
City profile score · Twin Lakes, MN
16/100
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.
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.
Household income F
$45,833
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
51.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
4.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Twin Lakes profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 46/100 (D) · 98.6 index
Household income: 15/100 (F) · $45,833
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 51.4%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 4.6%
How does Twin Lakes compare to other US cities?
Here's how Twin Lakes stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income14% higher 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 Twin Lakes 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 Twin Lakes near the bottom of Minnesota's cities
Among the 785 Minnesota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Twin Lakes ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Twin Lakes only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#714 of 775
8th percentile in Minnesota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 785
0th percentile in Minnesota
Poverty Rate
#4 of 785
99th percentile in Minnesota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#763 of 784
3rd 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
14th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$45,833Twin Lakes, MN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Twin Lakes, 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 Twin Lakes, MN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)4.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)51.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)72.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
182
Median Income
$45,833
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
42.2
Poverty Rate
51.4%
Labor force participation
72.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
4.6%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Twin Lakes's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
131 residents
2021
132 residents
2022
131 residents
2023
132 residents
2024
132 residents
2025
132 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
79.8%
Carpool
18.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.1%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 94 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 Twin Lakes. 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 Twin Lakes 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 Twin Lakes sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Twin Lakes 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, 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.