Crookston vs Erskine

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

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

Crookston has the higher population (7,388 vs 445 in Erskine). Crookston has the higher median household income ($54,003 vs $32,083 in Erskine). Crookston has the higher median home value ($160,700 vs $102,100 in Erskine).

Population, income & housing

	Crookston	Erskine
Population	7,388	445
Median age	41.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,003	$32,083
Median home value	$160,700	$102,100
Median gross rent	$827	$806
Housing units	3,828	263
Homeownership rate	59.0%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crookston	Erskine
Population	7,756 → 7,388 (-4.7%)	478 → 445 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$55,473 → $54,003 (-2.6%)	$36,875 → $32,083 (-13.0%)
Median home value	$130,200 → $160,700 (+23.4%)	$70,700 → $102,100 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $827 (+16.8%)	$500 → $806 (+61.2%)

Crookston

Population

7,7567,388

Median household income

$55,473$54,003

Median home value

$130,200$160,700

Median gross rent

$708$827

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)

	Crookston	Erskine
Under 5	5.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	8.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	17.3%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.8%
75 and over	8.8%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crookston	Erskine
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	89.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crookston	Erskine
No high school diploma	6.9%	12.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crookston	Erskine
Drove alone	76.5%	78.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.3%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crookston	Erskine
1-unit, detached	59.2%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	11.0%
20 or more units	16.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Crookston	Erskine
Poverty rate	17.0%	16.2%
Average household size	1.99	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1965	1959