Crosby vs Pequot Lakes

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

Crosby and Pequot Lakes 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 2,236 in Pequot Lakes). Pequot Lakes has the higher median household income ($66,974 vs $43,250 in Crosby). Pequot Lakes has the higher median home value ($246,400 vs $175,600 in Crosby).

Population, income & housing

	Crosby	Pequot Lakes
Population	2,253	2,236
Median age	54.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,250	$66,974
Median home value	$175,600	$246,400
Median gross rent	$838	$792
Housing units	1,346	1,324
Homeownership rate	54.7%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crosby	Pequot Lakes
Population	2,749 → 2,253 (-18.0%)	2,179 → 2,236 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$42,717 → $43,250 (+1.2%)	$54,583 → $66,974 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $175,600 (+98.4%)	$164,000 → $246,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $838 (+3.5%)	$672 → $792 (+17.9%)

Crosby

Population

2,7492,253

Median household income

$42,717$43,250

Median home value

$88,500$175,600

Median gross rent

$810$838

Pequot Lakes

Population

2,1792,236

Median household income

$54,583$66,974

Median home value

$164,000$246,400

Median gross rent

$672$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crosby	Pequot Lakes
Under 5	2.5%	8.7%
5 to 17	12.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	17.3%	15.3%
75 and over	17.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crosby	Pequot Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crosby	Pequot Lakes
No high school diploma	10.7%	2.6%
High school graduate	39.2%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crosby	Pequot Lakes
Drove alone	74.4%	69.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crosby	Pequot Lakes
1-unit, detached	64.2%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	18.1%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Crosby	Pequot Lakes
Poverty rate	15.8%	5.5%
Average household size	1.82	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1965	1993