Esko vs Scanlon

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

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

Esko has the higher population (2,063 vs 1,087 in Scanlon). Esko has the higher median household income ($116,406 vs $75,833 in Scanlon). Esko has the higher median home value ($278,800 vs $221,500 in Scanlon).

Population, income & housing

	Esko	Scanlon
Population	2,063	1,087
Median age	48.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$116,406	$75,833
Median home value	$278,800	$221,500
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,550
Housing units	898	479
Homeownership rate	92.0%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Esko	Scanlon
Population	2,042 → 2,063 (+1.0%)	1,181 → 1,087 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$72,986 → $116,406 (+59.5%)	$67,560 → $75,833 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$222,000 → $278,800 (+25.6%)	$149,300 → $221,500 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $1,411 (+9.2%)	$1,224 → $1,550 (+26.6%)

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

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)

	Esko	Scanlon
Under 5	2.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	24.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.8%	8.0%
75 and over	3.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Esko	Scanlon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	79.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	2.1%	14.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Esko	Scanlon
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	17.3%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Esko	Scanlon
Drove alone	77.2%	87.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Esko	Scanlon
1-unit, detached	94.3%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Esko	Scanlon
Poverty rate	2.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1974	1959