Baltic vs Crooks

A side-by-side comparison of Baltic and Crooks: population, income, housing, and more.

Baltic and Crooks are places in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Baltic has the higher population (1,512 vs 1,216 in Crooks). Baltic has the higher median household income ($105,132 vs $104,479 in Crooks). Crooks has the higher median home value ($270,500 vs $240,200 in Baltic).

Population, income & housing

	Baltic	Crooks
Population	1,512	1,216
Median age	29.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,132	$104,479
Median home value	$240,200	$270,500
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,113
Housing units	493	455
Homeownership rate	82.4%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baltic	Crooks
Population	1,110 → 1,512 (+36.2%)	1,279 → 1,216 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$77,000 → $105,132 (+36.5%)	$94,904 → $104,479 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$165,700 → $240,200 (+45.0%)	$198,900 → $270,500 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,116 (+36.3%)	$1,114 → $1,113 (-0.1%)

Baltic

Population

1,1101,512

Median household income

$77,000$105,132

Median home value

$165,700$240,200

Median gross rent

$819$1,116

Crooks

Population

1,2791,216

Median household income

$94,904$104,479

Median home value

$198,900$270,500

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baltic	Crooks
Under 5	12.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	24.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	19.1%	18.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	7.1%	19.7%
65 to 74	5.0%	6.1%
75 and over	0.9%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baltic	Crooks
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baltic	Crooks
No high school diploma	2.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	26.2%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baltic	Crooks
Drove alone	86.3%	86.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baltic	Crooks
1-unit, detached	91.5%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baltic	Crooks
Poverty rate	0.7%	0.2%
Average household size	3.12	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1998	1992