Crookston vs Fosston

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

Crookston and Fosston 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 1,283 in Fosston). Crookston has the higher median household income ($54,003 vs $50,694 in Fosston). Crookston has the higher median home value ($160,700 vs $126,500 in Fosston).

Population, income & housing

	Crookston	Fosston
Population	7,388	1,283
Median age	41.5 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,003	$50,694
Median home value	$160,700	$126,500
Median gross rent	$827	$846
Housing units	3,828	613
Homeownership rate	59.0%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crookston	Fosston
Population	7,756 → 7,388 (-4.7%)	1,571 → 1,283 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$55,473 → $54,003 (-2.6%)	$41,964 → $50,694 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$130,200 → $160,700 (+23.4%)	$107,700 → $126,500 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $827 (+16.8%)	$791 → $846 (+7.0%)

Crookston

Population

7,7567,388

Median household income

$55,473$54,003

Median home value

$130,200$160,700

Median gross rent

$708$827

Fosston

Population

1,5711,283

Median household income

$41,964$50,694

Median home value

$107,700$126,500

Median gross rent

$791$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crookston	Fosston
Under 5	5.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.2%
75 and over	8.8%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crookston	Fosston
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	1.2%
Asian	1.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crookston	Fosston
No high school diploma	6.9%	18.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crookston	Fosston
Drove alone	76.5%	71.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.2%
Public transit	1.7%	0.6%
Walked	6.9%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.6%
Worked from home	4.9%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crookston	Fosston
1-unit, detached	59.2%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	14.2%
20 or more units	16.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Crookston	Fosston
Poverty rate	17.0%	24.2%
Average household size	1.99	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	18	14
Median year structure built	1965	1965