Minnesota · Census place 2734316
Lakefield, Minnesota
Lakefield is a city in Jackson County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,710 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 285th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,710
- #285 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -1.4%
- -24 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,276 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Lakefield population, 2020 to 2024
Lakefield lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Lakefield covers 1.34 square miles of land, for 1,276 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Lakefield is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lakefield is in
All of Lakefield's residents live in Jackson County, which had 9,861 residents in 2024. Lakefield holds 17.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lakefield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lakefield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56150. 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 Lakefield is
The Census internal point of Lakefield is at 43.678000, -95.169500. Saint Paul, the capital, is 135.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jackson, MN (3,252 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 78.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.678000, -95.169500
- DMS
- 43°40'40.80"N 95°10'10.20"W
- UTM
- 15N 325122.3E 4838397.1N
- Geohash
- 9zu26r7dv
- Plus code
- 86M6MRHJ+66
Daylight in Lakefield
At 43.68° N, Lakefield gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lakefield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Jackson, 9.7 miles away, with 3,252 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lakefield, MN?
1,710 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (1.4%) from 1,734 in July 2020.
What county is Lakefield in?
Jackson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lakefield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56150.
How far is Lakefield from Saint Paul?
135.0 miles (217.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Lakefield.
What is the nearest larger city to Lakefield?
Jackson, MN, with 3,252 residents, 9.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.