Minnesota · Census place 2717378

Eagle Lake, Minnesota

Eagle Lake is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota with an estimated 3,333 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 204th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,333; #204 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020: +1.3%; +43 people
Land area: 1.9 sq mi
Density: 1,727 / sq mi; State median 1,692

Orange pin: Eagle Lake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

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Eagle Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Eagle Lake added 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +65.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,278. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Eagle Lake covers 1.93 square miles of land, for 1,727 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Eagle Lake is close to the typical town.

What county Eagle Lake is in

All of Eagle Lake's residents live in Blue Earth County, which had 70,700 residents in 2024. Eagle Lake holds 4.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Eagle Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eagle Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56024. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Eagle Lake is

The Census internal point of Eagle Lake is at 44.163500, -93.882000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 66.8 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mankato, MN (46,459 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 63.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 44.163500, -93.882000
DMS: 44°09'48.60"N 93°52'55.20"W
UTM: 15N 429480.8E 4890410.9N
Geohash: 9zv5pxtpn
Plus code: 86P85479+C6

Daylight in Eagle Lake

At 44.16° N, Eagle Lake gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Eagle Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Madison Lake, 4.4 miles away, with 1,314 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Eagle Lake, MN?

3,333 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 43 (1.3%) from 3,290 in July 2020.

What county is Eagle Lake in?

Blue Earth County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Eagle Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56024.

How far is Eagle Lake from Saint Paul?

66.8 miles (107.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Eagle Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to Eagle Lake?

Mankato, MN, with 46,459 residents, 4.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.