Minnesota · Census place 2713978

Crosslake, Minnesota

Crosslake is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota with an estimated 2,412 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 243rd largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,412
#243 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+12 people
Land area
25.8 sq mi
+ 11.14 sq mi water
Density
94 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: Crosslake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

Crosslake population, 2020 to 2024

Crosslake added 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -19.

2,40020202,44920212,43820222,43120232,4122024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,394. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Crosslake covers 25.76 square miles of land and 11.14 of water, for 94 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Crosslake is less dense than the typical town.

What county Crosslake is in

All of Crosslake's residents live in Crow Wing County, which had 68,642 residents in 2024. Crosslake holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Crosslake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Crosslake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56442. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Crosslake is

The Census internal point of Crosslake is at 46.678200, -94.102000. Saint Paul, the capital, is 128.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Breezy Point, MN (2,750 people), 6.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 125.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.678200, -94.102000
DMS
46°40'41.52"N 94°06'7.20"W
UTM
15N 415718.4E 5169994.3N
Geohash
cbm1d9t00
Plus code
86R7MVHX+76

Daylight in Crosslake

At 46.68° N, Crosslake gets about 15 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Crosslake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Breezy Point, 6.9 miles away, with 2,750 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Crosslake, MN?

2,412 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 12 (0.5%) from 2,400 in July 2020.

What county is Crosslake in?

Crow Wing County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Crosslake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56442.

How far is Crosslake from Saint Paul?

128.4 miles (206.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Crosslake.

What is the nearest larger city to Crosslake?

Breezy Point, MN, with 2,750 residents, 6.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.