Cook County vs Grant County

A side-by-side comparison of Cook County and Grant County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cook County and Grant County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grant County has the higher population (6,108 vs 5,633 in Cook County). Grant County has the higher median household income ($72,957 vs $71,643 in Cook County). Cook County has the higher median home value ($294,000 vs $178,600 in Grant County).

Population, income & housing

	Cook County	Grant County
Population	5,633	6,108
Median age	52.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,643	$72,957
Median home value	$294,000	$178,600
Median gross rent	$886	$779
Housing units	6,024	3,146
Homeownership rate	79.6%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cook County	Grant County
Population	5,376 → 5,633 (+4.8%)	5,935 → 6,108 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$57,432 → $71,643 (+24.7%)	$55,466 → $72,957 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$240,100 → $294,000 (+22.4%)	$118,700 → $178,600 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $886 (+36.1%)	$657 → $779 (+18.6%)

Cook County

Population

5,3765,633

Median household income

$57,432$71,643

Median home value

$240,100$294,000

Median gross rent

$651$886

Grant County

Population

5,9356,108

Median household income

$55,466$72,957

Median home value

$118,700$178,600

Median gross rent

$657$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cook County	Grant County
Under 5	3.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	19.2%	12.9%
75 and over	11.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cook County	Grant County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cook County	Grant County
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	23.8%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cook County	Grant County
Drove alone	62.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	7.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	13.7%
Other means	2.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cook County	Grant County
1-unit, detached	87.9%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Cook County	Grant County
Poverty rate	11.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1986	1964