Elbow Lake, Minnesota

Elbow Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Elbow Lake lost 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

Elbow Lake covers 1.38 square miles of land and 0.37 of water, for 925 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Elbow Lake is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elbow Lake is in

All of Elbow Lake's residents live in Grant County, which had 6,109 residents in 2024. Elbow Lake holds 20.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elbow Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elbow Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56531. 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 Elbow Lake is

The Census internal point of Elbow Lake is at 45.989600, -95.978800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 156.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fergus Falls, MN (14,258 people), 20.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 72.8 miles away.

Daylight in Elbow Lake

At 45.99° N, Elbow Lake gets about 15 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elbow Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Fergus Falls, 20.9 miles away, with 14,258 people.