Crosby vs Crosslake

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

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

Crosslake has the higher population (2,648 vs 2,253 in Crosby). Crosslake has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $43,250 in Crosby). Crosslake has the higher median home value ($540,200 vs $175,600 in Crosby).

Population, income & housing

	Crosby	Crosslake
Population	2,253	2,648
Median age	54.4 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,250	$85,000
Median home value	$175,600	$540,200
Median gross rent	$838	$1,105
Housing units	1,346	3,052
Homeownership rate	54.7%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crosby	Crosslake
Population	2,749 → 2,253 (-18.0%)	2,204 → 2,648 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$42,717 → $43,250 (+1.2%)	$64,821 → $85,000 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $175,600 (+98.4%)	$328,400 → $540,200 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $838 (+3.5%)	$855 → $1,105 (+29.2%)

Crosby

Population

2,7492,253

Median household income

$42,717$43,250

Median home value

$88,500$175,600

Median gross rent

$810$838

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)

	Crosby	Crosslake
Under 5	2.5%	1.5%
5 to 17	12.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	1.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	20.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	21.7%
75 and over	17.5%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crosby	Crosslake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crosby	Crosslake
No high school diploma	10.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	39.2%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crosby	Crosslake
Drove alone	74.4%	76.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	10.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crosby	Crosslake
1-unit, detached	64.2%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	18.1%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Crosby	Crosslake
Poverty rate	15.8%	8.6%
Average household size	1.82	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1965	1990