Crosby vs Emily

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

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

Crosby has the higher population (2,253 vs 659 in Emily). Emily has the higher median household income ($73,563 vs $43,250 in Crosby). Emily has the higher median home value ($344,700 vs $175,600 in Crosby).

Population, income & housing

	Crosby	Emily
Population	2,253	659
Median age	54.4 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,250	$73,563
Median home value	$175,600	$344,700
Median gross rent	$838	—
Housing units	1,346	1,012
Homeownership rate	54.7%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crosby	Emily
Population	2,749 → 2,253 (-18.0%)	593 → 659 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$42,717 → $43,250 (+1.2%)	$41,000 → $73,563 (+79.4%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $175,600 (+98.4%)	$264,400 → $344,700 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $838 (+3.5%)	$1,083 → $1,375 (+27.0%)

Crosby

Population

2,7492,253

Median household income

$42,717$43,250

Median home value

$88,500$175,600

Median gross rent

$810$838

Emily

Population

593659

Median household income

$41,000$73,563

Median home value

$264,400$344,700

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crosby	Emily
Under 5	2.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	4.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	3.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	23.7%
65 to 74	17.3%	28.7%
75 and over	17.5%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crosby	Emily
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	99.5%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crosby	Emily
No high school diploma	10.7%	2.0%
High school graduate	39.2%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crosby	Emily
Drove alone	74.4%	62.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	31.2%
Other means	0.0%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crosby	Emily
1-unit, detached	64.2%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Crosby	Emily
Poverty rate	15.8%	12.4%
Average household size	1.82	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1965	1984