Baxter vs Crosslake

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

Baxter and Crosslake 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 2,648 in Crosslake). Crosslake has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $71,272 in Baxter). Crosslake has the higher median home value ($540,200 vs $298,400 in Baxter).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Crosslake
Population	8,804	2,648
Median age	42.9 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,272	$85,000
Median home value	$298,400	$540,200
Median gross rent	$1,123	$1,105
Housing units	3,921	3,052
Homeownership rate	62.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Crosslake
Population	8,202 → 8,804 (+7.3%)	2,204 → 2,648 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$71,220 → $71,272 (+0.1%)	$64,821 → $85,000 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$208,500 → $298,400 (+43.1%)	$328,400 → $540,200 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$998 → $1,123 (+12.5%)	$855 → $1,105 (+29.2%)

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

Crosslake

Population

2,2042,648

Median household income

$64,821$85,000

Median home value

$328,400$540,200

Median gross rent

$855$1,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Crosslake
Under 5	3.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	1.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	20.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	21.7%
75 and over	11.1%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Crosslake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Crosslake
No high school diploma	3.1%	3.9%
High school graduate	20.8%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Crosslake
Drove alone	73.8%	76.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	15.9%
Other means	0.3%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Crosslake
1-unit, detached	63.0%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	1.0%
20 or more units	22.4%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Crosslake
Poverty rate	10.8%	8.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1999	1990