Crookston vs Fertile

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

Crookston and Fertile 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 782 in Fertile). Fertile has the higher median household income ($64,444 vs $54,003 in Crookston). Crookston has the higher median home value ($160,700 vs $118,400 in Fertile).

Population, income & housing

	Crookston	Fertile
Population	7,388	782
Median age	41.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,003	$64,444
Median home value	$160,700	$118,400
Median gross rent	$827	$783
Housing units	3,828	370
Homeownership rate	59.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crookston	Fertile
Population	7,756 → 7,388 (-4.7%)	966 → 782 (-19.0%)
Median household income	$55,473 → $54,003 (-2.6%)	$51,250 → $64,444 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$130,200 → $160,700 (+23.4%)	$84,600 → $118,400 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $827 (+16.8%)	$646 → $783 (+21.2%)

Crookston

Population

7,7567,388

Median household income

$55,473$54,003

Median home value

$130,200$160,700

Median gross rent

$708$827

Fertile

Population

966782

Median household income

$51,250$64,444

Median home value

$84,600$118,400

Median gross rent

$646$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crookston	Fertile
Under 5	5.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	5.9%
75 and over	8.8%	20.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crookston	Fertile
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	95.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.4%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crookston	Fertile
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crookston	Fertile
Drove alone	76.5%	71.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.4%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crookston	Fertile
1-unit, detached	59.2%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	13.0%
20 or more units	16.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Crookston	Fertile
Poverty rate	17.0%	10.3%
Average household size	1.99	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1965	1958