Credit River vs Jordan

A side-by-side comparison of Credit River and Jordan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jordan has the higher population (6,704 vs 5,531 in Credit River). Credit River has the higher median household income ($149,524 vs $110,139 in Jordan). Credit River has the higher median home value ($577,600 vs $319,000 in Jordan).

Population, income & housing

	Credit River	Jordan
Population	5,531	6,704
Median age	43.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$149,524	$110,139
Median home value	$577,600	$319,000
Median gross rent	$890	$1,102
Housing units	1,998	2,151
Homeownership rate	97.7%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.5%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Credit River	Jordan
Population	5,508 → 5,531 (+0.4%)	6,230 → 6,704 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$154,145 → $149,524 (-3.0%)	$74,167 → $110,139 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$576,900 → $577,600 (+0.1%)	$235,900 → $319,000 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$793 → $890 (+12.2%)	$1,110 → $1,102 (-0.7%)

Credit River

Population

5,5085,531

Median household income

$154,145$149,524

Median home value

$576,900$577,600

Median gross rent

$793$890

Jordan

Population

6,2306,704

Median household income

$74,167$110,139

Median home value

$235,900$319,000

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Credit River	Jordan
Under 5	5.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	31.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	22.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	24.9%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	3.2%
75 and over	2.8%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Credit River	Jordan
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Credit River	Jordan
No high school diploma	0.5%	11.0%
High school graduate	20.9%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Credit River	Jordan
Drove alone	73.7%	77.9%
Carpooled	1.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	10.9%
Other means	6.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Credit River	Jordan
1-unit, detached	98.1%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Credit River	Jordan
Poverty rate	1.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.82	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1989	1998