Climax vs Erskine

A side-by-side comparison of Climax and Erskine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erskine has the higher population (445 vs 184 in Climax). Climax has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $32,083 in Erskine). Climax has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $102,100 in Erskine).

Population, income & housing

	Climax	Erskine
Population	184	445
Median age	26.0 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$32,083
Median home value	$111,300	$102,100
Median gross rent	$725	$806
Housing units	80	263
Homeownership rate	66.2%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climax	Erskine
Population	248 → 184 (-25.8%)	478 → 445 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$52,143 → $48,750 (-6.5%)	$36,875 → $32,083 (-13.0%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $111,300 (+12.5%)	$70,700 → $102,100 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $725 (+22.9%)	$500 → $806 (+61.2%)

Climax

Population

248184

Median household income

$52,143$48,750

Median home value

$98,900$111,300

Median gross rent

$590$725

Erskine

Population

478445

Median household income

$36,875$32,083

Median home value

$70,700$102,100

Median gross rent

$500$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climax	Erskine
Under 5	9.2%	9.4%
5 to 17	26.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	14.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	8.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	9.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	4.9%	17.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.8%
75 and over	6.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climax	Erskine
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climax	Erskine
No high school diploma	4.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	25.8%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climax	Erskine
Drove alone	82.0%	78.7%
Carpooled	12.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climax	Erskine
1-unit, detached	67.5%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Climax	Erskine
Poverty rate	15.2%	16.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1972	1959