Crosslake vs Nisswa

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

Crosslake and Nisswa 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 1,744 in Nisswa). Nisswa has the higher median household income ($100,167 vs $85,000 in Crosslake). Crosslake has the higher median home value ($540,200 vs $475,700 in Nisswa).

Population, income & housing

	Crosslake	Nisswa
Population	2,648	1,744
Median age	60.2 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$100,167
Median home value	$540,200	$475,700
Median gross rent	$1,105	$820
Housing units	3,052	1,468
Homeownership rate	86.1%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crosslake	Nisswa
Population	2,204 → 2,648 (+20.1%)	1,817 → 1,744 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$64,821 → $85,000 (+31.1%)	$67,000 → $100,167 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$328,400 → $540,200 (+64.5%)	$249,800 → $475,700 (+90.4%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,105 (+29.2%)	$990 → $820 (-17.2%)

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

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)

	Crosslake	Nisswa
Under 5	1.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	10.6%
18 to 24	1.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	4.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	15.4%
55 to 64	20.2%	23.2%
65 to 74	21.7%	14.1%
75 and over	18.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crosslake	Nisswa
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crosslake	Nisswa
No high school diploma	3.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	24.3%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crosslake	Nisswa
Drove alone	76.9%	71.7%
Carpooled	1.4%	10.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	12.2%
Other means	5.6%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crosslake	Nisswa
1-unit, detached	87.0%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Crosslake	Nisswa
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1990	1986