Baxter vs Crosby

A side-by-side comparison of Baxter and Crosby: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baxter has the higher population (8,804 vs 2,253 in Crosby). Baxter has the higher median household income ($71,272 vs $43,250 in Crosby). Baxter has the higher median home value ($298,400 vs $175,600 in Crosby).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Crosby
Population	8,804	2,253
Median age	42.9 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,272	$43,250
Median home value	$298,400	$175,600
Median gross rent	$1,123	$838
Housing units	3,921	1,346
Homeownership rate	62.0%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Crosby
Population	8,202 → 8,804 (+7.3%)	2,749 → 2,253 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$71,220 → $71,272 (+0.1%)	$42,717 → $43,250 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$208,500 → $298,400 (+43.1%)	$88,500 → $175,600 (+98.4%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $1,123 (+12.5%)	$810 → $838 (+3.5%)

Baxter

Population

8,2028,804

Median household income

$71,220$71,272

Median home value

$208,500$298,400

Median gross rent

$998$1,123

Crosby

Population

2,7492,253

Median household income

$42,717$43,250

Median home value

$88,500$175,600

Median gross rent

$810$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Crosby
Under 5	3.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	17.3%
75 and over	11.1%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Crosby
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Crosby
No high school diploma	3.1%	10.7%
High school graduate	20.8%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Crosby
Drove alone	73.8%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	2.1%
Worked from home	16.6%	1.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Crosby
1-unit, detached	63.0%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	12.0%
20 or more units	22.4%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Crosby
Poverty rate	10.8%	15.8%
Average household size	2.29	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1999	1965