Crookston vs Wood Lake

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

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

Crookston has the higher population (46 vs 18 in Wood Lake). Since 2019, Crookston's population has grown faster (-36.1% vs -43.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Crookston	Wood Lake
Population	46	18
Median age	60.5 yrs	74.7 yrs
Median home value	$47,000	—
Housing units	51	27
Homeownership rate	83.3%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crookston	Wood Lake
Population	72 → 46 (-36.1%)	32 → 18 (-43.8%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $39,167 (+9.9%)	$32,500 → $33,438 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$61,700 → $47,000 (-23.8%)	$68,300 → $61,700 (-9.7%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $617 (+2.8%)	—

Crookston

Population

7246

Median household income

$35,625$39,167

Median home value

$61,700$47,000

Median gross rent

$600$617

Wood Lake

Population

3218

Median household income

$32,500$33,438

Median home value

$68,300$61,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crookston	Wood Lake
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	28.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	5.6%
55 to 64	19.6%	5.6%
65 to 74	32.6%	50.0%
75 and over	0.0%	38.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crookston	Wood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	11.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crookston	Wood Lake
No high school diploma	31.0%	16.7%
High school graduate	16.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crookston	Wood Lake
Drove alone	65.0%	50.0%
Carpooled	35.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	50.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crookston	Wood Lake
1-unit, detached	82.4%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Crookston	Wood Lake
Poverty rate	39.1%	0.0%
Average household size	1.28	1.64
Median year structure built	1977	1938