Forest Lake, Minnesota

Forest Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Forest Lake lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.0%. In the latest year it moved by -23. Among 155 Minnesota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 99th; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Minnesota has 14,258 people, so Forest Lake is 1.5 times that size.

Forest Lake covers 30.55 square miles of land and 4.98 of water, for 678 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Forest Lake is less dense than the typical town.

What county Forest Lake is in

All of Forest Lake's residents live in Washington County, which had 283,960 residents in 2024. Forest Lake holds 7.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Forest Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Forest Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 55025. 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 Forest Lake is

The Census internal point of Forest Lake is at 45.250800, -92.966900. Saint Paul, the capital, is 21.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lino Lakes, MN (22,774 people), 9.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 21.9 miles away.

Daylight in Forest Lake

At 45.25° N, Forest Lake gets about 15 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Forest Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Hugo, 6.0 miles away, with 16,765 people.