Moving to Moose Lake, Minnesota
Population: 2,239. Estimated population in July 2024: 2,551 (+13.9% change)
Males: 1,486 (66.4%), Females: 753 (33.6%)
Carlton County
Zip code: 55767
Demographics
Median resident age: 36.7 years
Median household income: $27,130
Median house value: $76,300
Population by Race
Races in Moose Lake:
- White Non-Hispanic (78.8%)
- Black (11.6%)
- American Indian (4.9%)
- Hispanic (3.5%)
- Two or more races (2.5%)
- Other race (1.4%)
Ancestries: German (17.1%), Swedish (9.2%), Norwegian (8.0%), Polish (5.0%), Irish (5.0%), English (3.6%).
Elevation: 1062 feet
Land area: 2.8 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Moose Lake
- High school or higher: 75.1%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 10.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.6%
- Unemployed: 4.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.5 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Moose Lake city
- Never married: 21.3%
- Now married: 53.9%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 12.1%
- Divorced: 11.1%
2.4% Foreign born (1.0% Latin America, 0.8% North America, 0.3% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +736 (+49.0%).
Hospitals
Hospital/medical center in Moose Lake:
- MERCY HOSPITAL (710 SOUTH KENWOOD AVENUE, BOX 469)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Moose Lake:
- PINE MEDICAL CENTER (about 23 miles; SANDSTONE, MN)
- COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; CLOQUET, MN)
- LAKESIDE MEDICAL CENTER, INC (about 46 miles; PINE CITY, MN)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Moose Lake:
- DULUTH INTL (about 48 miles; DULUTH, MN; Abbreviation: DLH)
- CHISHOLM-HIBBING (about 65 miles; HIBBING, MN; Abbreviation: HIB)
- GRAND RAPIDS/ITASCA CO-GORDON NEWSTROM FLD (about 73 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MN; Abbreviation: GPZ)
Other public-use airports nearest to Moose Lake:
- MOOSE LAKE CARLTON COUNTY (about 4 miles; MOOSE LAKE, MN; Abbreviation: MZH)
- CLOQUET CARLTON COUNTY (about 25 miles; CLOQUET, MN; Abbreviation: COQ)
- ISEDOR IVERSON (about 39 miles; MC GREGOR, MN; Abbreviation: 17Y)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Moose Lake:
- LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE (about 48 miles; DULUTH, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,512)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (about 49 miles; SUPERIOR, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,436)
- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH (about 54 miles; DULUTH, MN; Full-time enrollment: 8,224)
- WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 72 miles; Shell Lake, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,045)
- CENTURY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 96 miles; WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN; Full-time enrollment: 4,381)
- ANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 97 miles; COON RAPIDS, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,627)
- CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 98 miles; BRAINERD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,364)
Schools
Public high school in Moose Lake:
- MOOSE LAKE SEC. (Students: 364; Location: 413 BIRCH AVE.; Grades: 07 – 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Moose Lake:
- MOOSE LAKE EL. (Students: 427; Location: 413 BIRCH AVE.; Grades: KG – 06)
- MOOSE LAKE FAMILY CENTER (Students: 13; Location: 316 ELM AVE.; Grades: PK – PK)
Libraries
Library in Moose Lake:
- MOOSE LAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $74,352; Location: 313 ELM AVENUE; 16,408 books; 373 audio materials; 540 video materials; 123 serial subscriptions)