Brunsville vs Remsen

A side-by-side comparison of Brunsville and Remsen: population, income, housing, and more.

Brunsville and Remsen are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Remsen has the higher population (1,897 vs 180 in Brunsville). Remsen has the higher median household income ($98,250 vs $67,125 in Brunsville). Remsen has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $136,300 in Brunsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brunsville	Remsen
Population	180	1,897
Median age	33.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,125	$98,250
Median home value	$136,300	$184,700
Median gross rent	$1,194	$1,014
Housing units	80	727
Homeownership rate	70.7%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunsville	Remsen
Population	157 → 180 (+14.6%)	1,833 → 1,897 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$88,125 → $67,125 (-23.8%)	$59,306 → $98,250 (+65.7%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $136,300 (+30.4%)	$133,800 → $184,700 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $1,194 (+44.7%)	$708 → $1,014 (+43.2%)

Brunsville

Population

157180

Median household income

$88,125$67,125

Median home value

$104,500$136,300

Median gross rent

$825$1,194

Remsen

Population

1,8331,897

Median household income

$59,306$98,250

Median home value

$133,800$184,700

Median gross rent

$708$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunsville	Remsen
Under 5	10.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	23.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	6.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.6%
75 and over	8.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunsville	Remsen
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunsville	Remsen
No high school diploma	1.0%	9.1%
High school graduate	31.0%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	49.0%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunsville	Remsen
Drove alone	74.3%	77.8%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunsville	Remsen
1-unit, detached	77.5%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Brunsville	Remsen
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1977	1956