Crosslake vs Pequot Lakes

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

Crosslake and Pequot Lakes 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 2,236 in Pequot Lakes). Crosslake has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $66,974 in Pequot Lakes). Crosslake has the higher median home value ($540,200 vs $246,400 in Pequot Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Crosslake	Pequot Lakes
Population	2,648	2,236
Median age	60.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$66,974
Median home value	$540,200	$246,400
Median gross rent	$1,105	$792
Housing units	3,052	1,324
Homeownership rate	86.1%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crosslake	Pequot Lakes
Population	2,204 → 2,648 (+20.1%)	2,179 → 2,236 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$64,821 → $85,000 (+31.1%)	$54,583 → $66,974 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$328,400 → $540,200 (+64.5%)	$164,000 → $246,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,105 (+29.2%)	$672 → $792 (+17.9%)

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

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)

	Crosslake	Pequot Lakes
Under 5	1.5%	8.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	1.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	20.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	21.7%	15.3%
75 and over	18.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crosslake	Pequot Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crosslake	Pequot Lakes
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	24.3%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crosslake	Pequot Lakes
Drove alone	76.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	1.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	17.5%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crosslake	Pequot Lakes
1-unit, detached	87.0%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Crosslake	Pequot Lakes
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1990	1993