Wood Lake is a city in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 439 at the 2010 census.HistoryWood Lake was laid out in 1884, when the railroad was extended to that point. The town took its name from nearby Wood Lake. Wood Lake was incorporated in 1891.GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.81sqmi, all of it land.Demographics2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 439 people, 181 households, and 118 families residing in the city. The population density was 542.0PD/sqmi. There were 195 housing units at an average density of 240.7/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 92.5% White, 4.6% Native American, 1.6% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.5% of the population.There were 181 households of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.8% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.8% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.86.
