Crookston vs Valentine

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

Crookston and Valentine are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Valentine has the higher population (2,632 vs 46 in Crookston). Valentine has the higher median home value ($135,600 vs $47,000 in Crookston). Since 2019, Valentine's population has grown faster (-4.6% vs -36.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Crookston	Valentine
Population	46	2,632
Median age	60.5 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,438
Median home value	$47,000	$135,600
Median gross rent	—	$872
Housing units	51	1,495
Homeownership rate	83.3%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crookston	Valentine
Population	72 → 46 (-36.1%)	2,760 → 2,632 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $39,167 (+9.9%)	$52,974 → $53,438 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $47,000 (-23.8%)	$126,200 → $135,600 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $617 (+2.8%)	$745 → $872 (+17.0%)

Crookston

Population

7246

Median household income

$35,625$39,167

Median home value

$61,700$47,000

Median gross rent

$600$617

Valentine

Population

2,7602,632

Median household income

$52,974$53,438

Median home value

$126,200$135,600

Median gross rent

$745$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crookston	Valentine
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	8.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	28.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.2%
55 to 64	19.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	32.6%	9.6%
75 and over	0.0%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crookston	Valentine
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	21.7%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crookston	Valentine
No high school diploma	31.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	16.7%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crookston	Valentine
Drove alone	65.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	35.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crookston	Valentine
1-unit, detached	82.4%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Crookston	Valentine
Poverty rate	39.1%	7.2%
Average household size	1.28	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	—	10
Median year structure built	1977	1970