Brainerd vs Breezy Point

A side-by-side comparison of Brainerd and Breezy Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Brainerd and Breezy Point are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brainerd has the higher population (14,474 vs 2,647 in Breezy Point). Breezy Point has the higher median household income ($85,913 vs $53,705 in Brainerd). Breezy Point has the higher median home value ($301,000 vs $178,600 in Brainerd).

Population, income & housing

	Brainerd	Breezy Point
Population	14,474	2,647
Median age	36.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,705	$85,913
Median home value	$178,600	$301,000
Median gross rent	$848	$1,117
Housing units	6,692	1,844
Homeownership rate	57.0%	95.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brainerd	Breezy Point
Population	13,373 → 14,474 (+8.2%)	2,319 → 2,647 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$34,371 → $53,705 (+56.3%)	$68,831 → $85,913 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $178,600 (+51.5%)	$250,800 → $301,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $848 (+15.7%)	$1,288 → $1,117 (-13.3%)

Brainerd

Population

13,37314,474

Median household income

$34,371$53,705

Median home value

$117,900$178,600

Median gross rent

$733$848

Breezy Point

Population

2,3192,647

Median household income

$68,831$85,913

Median home value

$250,800$301,000

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,117

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brainerd	Breezy Point
Under 5	8.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	16.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.8%
75 and over	9.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brainerd	Breezy Point
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brainerd	Breezy Point
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brainerd	Breezy Point
Drove alone	79.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	7.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	18.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brainerd	Breezy Point
1-unit, detached	59.1%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	10.7%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Brainerd	Breezy Point
Poverty rate	16.7%	5.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1970	1994