Brown County is home to 25,800 people in Minnesota. 79% of homes are owner-occupied. About 24% of adults have finished a four-year degree. Getting to work takes 15 minutes on average. The foreign-born share is 3%. The typical home is worth $191,200, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $69,378, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Brown County
What changed most since 1990
White share98.8% → 91.4%(−7.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share0.5% → 5.1%(+4.6 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.9%(201)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)5.7%(64)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.7%(478)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.3%(93)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.4%(16)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,120 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Brown County, decade by decade
Brown County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
26,984
$60,079
$118,083
12.3%
3.0
2000
26,911
$72,502
$155,205
16.5%
7.5
2010
25,893
$68,614
$176,081
18.5%
11.5
2020
25,912
$72,485
$174,534
22.6%
17.8
2024
25,800
$69,378
$191,200
24.5%
20.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
