Crosby vs Nisswa

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

Crosby and Nisswa 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 1,744 in Nisswa). Nisswa has the higher median household income ($100,167 vs $43,250 in Crosby). Nisswa has the higher median home value ($475,700 vs $175,600 in Crosby).

Population, income & housing

	Crosby	Nisswa
Population	2,253	1,744
Median age	54.4 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,250	$100,167
Median home value	$175,600	$475,700
Median gross rent	$838	$820
Housing units	1,346	1,468
Homeownership rate	54.7%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crosby	Nisswa
Population	2,749 → 2,253 (-18.0%)	1,817 → 1,744 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$42,717 → $43,250 (+1.2%)	$67,000 → $100,167 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $175,600 (+98.4%)	$249,800 → $475,700 (+90.4%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $838 (+3.5%)	$990 → $820 (-17.2%)

Crosby

Population

2,7492,253

Median household income

$42,717$43,250

Median home value

$88,500$175,600

Median gross rent

$810$838

Nisswa

Population

1,8171,744

Median household income

$67,000$100,167

Median home value

$249,800$475,700

Median gross rent

$990$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crosby	Nisswa
Under 5	2.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	4.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	15.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	23.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	14.1%
75 and over	17.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crosby	Nisswa
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.4%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crosby	Nisswa
No high school diploma	10.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crosby	Nisswa
Drove alone	74.4%	71.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crosby	Nisswa
1-unit, detached	64.2%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	18.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Crosby	Nisswa
Poverty rate	15.8%	6.4%
Average household size	1.82	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1965	1986