About Long Lake

Long Lake is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,842 people and just one neighborhood, Long Lake is the 295th largest community in Minnesota.

Long Lake is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Long Lake is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Long Lake who work in sales jobs (19.83%), office and administrative support jobs (15.46%), and management occupations (11.20%).

Also of interest is that Long Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Long Lake is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Long Lake is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Long Lake a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Long Lake has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Long Lake's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small city, Long Lake does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Long Lake Information and Demographics

The citizens of Long Lake are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.29% of adults in Long Lake have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Long Lake in 2000 was $28,385, which is wealthy relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,540 for a family of four.

The people who call Long Lake home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Long Lake is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Long Lake include German, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, English, Italian, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Long Lake is English.