Erskine, MN population, income and ZIP codes

Erskine city is a very small community in Minnesota, with 445 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #529 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 42% of them. The median age here is 36.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Erskine city earn a median of $32,083 a year, 59.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 57% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 16.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Erskine city is valued at $102,100, 66.3% below the national figure and 58% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $806 a month, 42.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,672 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 30.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 54.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Erskine city is the unusual combination of expensive to rent and cheap to buy: rent takes 30.1% of median income while homes cost only 3.2× it. Where that pattern shows up, the gap is normally down to down-payment and credit barriers rather than price. With 445 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Erskine city against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.