Crow Wing County vs Rice County

A side-by-side comparison of Crow Wing County and Rice County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rice County has the higher population (67,389 vs 67,113 in Crow Wing County). Rice County has the higher median household income ($82,792 vs $71,343 in Crow Wing County). Rice County has the higher median home value ($298,500 vs $274,400 in Crow Wing County).

Population, income & housing

	Crow Wing County	Rice County
Population	67,113	67,389
Median age	45.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,343	$82,792
Median home value	$274,400	$298,500
Median gross rent	$962	$1,046
Housing units	42,191	25,173
Homeownership rate	77.4%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crow Wing County	Rice County
Population	64,217 → 67,113 (+4.5%)	66,185 → 67,389 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$56,549 → $71,343 (+26.2%)	$68,584 → $82,792 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$198,300 → $274,400 (+38.4%)	$208,600 → $298,500 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $962 (+19.4%)	$843 → $1,046 (+24.1%)

Crow Wing County

Population

64,21767,113

Median household income

$56,549$71,343

Median home value

$198,300$274,400

Median gross rent

$806$962

Rice County

Population

66,18567,389

Median household income

$68,584$82,792

Median home value

$208,600$298,500

Median gross rent

$843$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crow Wing County	Rice County
Under 5	5.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	14.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.9%
75 and over	10.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crow Wing County	Rice County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crow Wing County	Rice County
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crow Wing County	Rice County
Drove alone	76.0%	68.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.3%	12.8%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crow Wing County	Rice County
1-unit, detached	80.6%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	6.9%
20 or more units	5.6%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Crow Wing County	Rice County
Poverty rate	9.7%	9.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1987	1977