Crosby is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,366 people and just one neighborhood, Crosby is the 292nd largest community in Minnesota.
Unlike some cities, Crosby isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Crosby are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Crosby is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crosby who work in healthcare suport services (15.60%), food service (11.75%), and office and administrative support (10.26%).
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Crosby has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Crosby has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Crosby than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Crosby may be for you.
Crosby is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Crosby are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.88% of adults in Crosby have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Crosby in 2022 was $33,109, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,436 for a family of four. However, Crosby contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Crosby home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crosby residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Crosby include German, Norwegian, Swedish, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Crosby is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Slavic languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
If you are planning to retire in Minnesota, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Minnesota, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 98.9% of neighborhoods in MN. If a Minnesota retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 3.4% have Finnish ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Crosby are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 85.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 33.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.9%), and 16.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Crosby, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (40.6%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (18.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.5%), and some of the residents are also of Swedish ancestry (8.8%), along with some English ancestry residents (7.4%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.