Cromwell vs Scanlon

A side-by-side comparison of Cromwell and Scanlon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scanlon has the higher population (1,087 vs 379 in Cromwell). Scanlon has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $55,625 in Cromwell). Scanlon has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $150,000 in Cromwell).

Population, income & housing

	Cromwell	Scanlon
Population	379	1,087
Median age	34.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$75,833
Median home value	$150,000	$221,500
Median gross rent	$825	$1,550
Housing units	167	479
Homeownership rate	62.4%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cromwell	Scanlon
Population	272 → 379 (+39.3%)	1,181 → 1,087 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$28,646 → $55,625 (+94.2%)	$67,560 → $75,833 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$160,000 → $150,000 (-6.3%)	$149,300 → $221,500 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $825 (-11.2%)	$1,224 → $1,550 (+26.6%)

Cromwell

Population

272379

Median household income

$28,646$55,625

Median home value

$160,000$150,000

Median gross rent

$929$825

Scanlon

Population

1,1811,087

Median household income

$67,560$75,833

Median home value

$149,300$221,500

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cromwell	Scanlon
Under 5	27.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	7.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	2.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	5.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	7.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.0%
75 and over	16.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cromwell	Scanlon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	79.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.1%	14.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cromwell	Scanlon
No high school diploma	8.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	20.4%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	54.6%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cromwell	Scanlon
Drove alone	71.0%	87.7%
Carpooled	23.4%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cromwell	Scanlon
1-unit, detached	62.9%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.8%
20 or more units	20.4%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cromwell	Scanlon
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	40	16
Median year structure built	1981	1959