East Grand Forks vs Fosston

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

East Grand Forks and Fosston 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 1,283 in Fosston). East Grand Forks has the higher median household income ($74,618 vs $50,694 in Fosston). East Grand Forks has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $126,500 in Fosston).

Population, income & housing

	East Grand Forks	Fosston
Population	9,067	1,283
Median age	34.0 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,618	$50,694
Median home value	$243,800	$126,500
Median gross rent	$872	$846
Housing units	3,706	613
Homeownership rate	67.9%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Grand Forks	Fosston
Population	8,604 → 9,067 (+5.4%)	1,571 → 1,283 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$60,091 → $74,618 (+24.2%)	$41,964 → $50,694 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$196,500 → $243,800 (+24.1%)	$107,700 → $126,500 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $872 (+20.9%)	$791 → $846 (+7.0%)

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

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)

	East Grand Forks	Fosston
Under 5	6.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	13.2%
75 and over	5.6%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Grand Forks	Fosston
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	93.1%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	1.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Grand Forks	Fosston
No high school diploma	5.6%	18.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Grand Forks	Fosston
Drove alone	81.3%	71.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	2.6%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	3.6%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.7%
Other means	3.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Grand Forks	Fosston
1-unit, detached	64.1%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	14.2%
20 or more units	14.5%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	East Grand Forks	Fosston
Poverty rate	10.8%	24.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1975	1965