Cloquet vs Esko

A side-by-side comparison of Cloquet and Esko: population, income, housing, and more.

Cloquet and Esko are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cloquet has the higher population (12,582 vs 2,063 in Esko). Esko has the higher median household income ($116,406 vs $63,854 in Cloquet). Esko has the higher median home value ($278,800 vs $200,100 in Cloquet).

Population, income & housing

	Cloquet	Esko
Population	12,582	2,063
Median age	36.2 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,854	$116,406
Median home value	$200,100	$278,800
Median gross rent	$978	$1,411
Housing units	5,672	898
Homeownership rate	64.7%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cloquet	Esko
Population	12,005 → 12,582 (+4.8%)	2,042 → 2,063 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$54,065 → $63,854 (+18.1%)	$72,986 → $116,406 (+59.5%)
Median home value	$142,700 → $200,100 (+40.2%)	$222,000 → $278,800 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $978 (+28.5%)	$1,292 → $1,411 (+9.2%)

Cloquet

Population

12,00512,582

Median household income

$54,065$63,854

Median home value

$142,700$200,100

Median gross rent

$761$978

Esko

Population

2,0422,063

Median household income

$72,986$116,406

Median home value

$222,000$278,800

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cloquet	Esko
Under 5	5.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	24.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	14.8%
75 and over	8.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cloquet	Esko
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cloquet	Esko
No high school diploma	9.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cloquet	Esko
Drove alone	80.8%	77.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	13.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cloquet	Esko
1-unit, detached	71.4%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cloquet	Esko
Poverty rate	13.4%	2.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1962	1974