A town of 2,070, settled in 1872. Safer than 73% of U.S. towns.
The thing Mountain Lake does most differently from other towns.
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Nothing on the calendar.
Ordered by what stands out in Mountain Lake. Another town gets a different order.
About one in 4 of Mountain Lake’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Windom (17%), Mountain Lake (6%) and St. James (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
Mountain Lake reports less crime per resident than 73% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 27% of U.S. communities.
Mountain Lake has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 6°, and about 44 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
The public schools Mountain Lake’s kids attend outperform 57% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Lake Elementary | PK–6 | 257 | C+ |
| Mountain Lake Secondary | 7–12 | 241 | B+ |
| Mountain Lake Christian School Private | PK–12 | 83 |
Mountain Lake beats the Minnesota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14.
| What stands out | Mountain Lake | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.1% | 76.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 11.1% | 7.5% |
0.0 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lawcon Park | — | 6 |
| 2. City Park | — | 3 |
4 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.
City in Minnesota, United States
Mountain Lake is a city in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,999 as of the 2020 census. Mountain Lake was initially populated mostly by 1,800 Low German (or more specifically, Plautdietsch) speaking Mennonites from Russia who settled there between 1873 and 1880. The city has become more diverse, with the more recent addition of immigrant groups including Lao, Hmong, and Hispanic people, but a significant proportion of its inhabitants still have Mennonite surnames.
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2 towns share a border with Mountain Lake.