Brandon vs Osakis

A side-by-side comparison of Brandon and Osakis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Osakis has the higher population (1,667 vs 462 in Brandon). Brandon has the higher median household income ($64,625 vs $53,684 in Osakis). Brandon has the higher median home value ($174,000 vs $169,200 in Osakis).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Osakis
Population	462	1,667
Median age	44.1 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,625	$53,684
Median home value	$174,000	$169,200
Median gross rent	$685	—
Housing units	204	1,058
Homeownership rate	66.5%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Osakis
Population	610 → 462 (-24.3%)	1,745 → 1,667 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$53,500 → $64,625 (+20.8%)	$45,250 → $53,684 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $174,000 (+29.4%)	$121,100 → $169,200 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $685 (+22.8%)	$678 → $709 (+4.6%)

Brandon

Population

610462

Median household income

$53,500$64,625

Median home value

$134,500$174,000

Median gross rent

$558$685

Osakis

Population

1,7451,667

Median household income

$45,250$53,684

Median home value

$121,100$169,200

Median gross rent

$678$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Osakis
Under 5	4.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	18.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.8%
75 and over	10.0%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Osakis
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	97.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Osakis
No high school diploma	1.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	42.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Osakis
Drove alone	88.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Osakis
1-unit, detached	55.9%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Osakis
Poverty rate	3.2%	13.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1976	1971