East Grand Forks vs Erskine

A side-by-side comparison of East Grand Forks and Erskine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Grand Forks has the higher population (9,067 vs 445 in Erskine). East Grand Forks has the higher median household income ($74,618 vs $32,083 in Erskine). East Grand Forks has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $102,100 in Erskine).

Population, income & housing

	East Grand Forks	Erskine
Population	9,067	445
Median age	34.0 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,618	$32,083
Median home value	$243,800	$102,100
Median gross rent	$872	$806
Housing units	3,706	263
Homeownership rate	67.9%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Grand Forks	Erskine
Population	8,604 → 9,067 (+5.4%)	478 → 445 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$60,091 → $74,618 (+24.2%)	$36,875 → $32,083 (-13.0%)
Median home value	$196,500 → $243,800 (+24.1%)	$70,700 → $102,100 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $872 (+20.9%)	$500 → $806 (+61.2%)

East Grand Forks

Population

8,6049,067

Median household income

$60,091$74,618

Median home value

$196,500$243,800

Median gross rent

$721$872

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)

	East Grand Forks	Erskine
Under 5	6.8%	9.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.8%
75 and over	5.6%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Grand Forks	Erskine
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	89.0%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Grand Forks	Erskine
No high school diploma	5.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Grand Forks	Erskine
Drove alone	81.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	5.1%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Grand Forks	Erskine
1-unit, detached	64.1%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	11.0%
20 or more units	14.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	East Grand Forks	Erskine
Poverty rate	10.8%	16.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1975	1959