Brownsville vs Caledonia

A side-by-side comparison of Brownsville and Caledonia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caledonia has the higher population (2,825 vs 624 in Brownsville). Caledonia has the higher median household income ($69,792 vs $63,977 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($161,600 vs $148,500 in Caledonia).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Caledonia
Population	624	2,825
Median age	45.8 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,977	$69,792
Median home value	$161,600	$148,500
Median gross rent	$525	$804
Housing units	288	1,443
Homeownership rate	94.3%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Caledonia
Population	568 → 624 (+9.9%)	2,756 → 2,825 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $63,977 (+0.4%)	$47,150 → $69,792 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $161,600 (+11.8%)	$114,100 → $148,500 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $525 (-3.7%)	$651 → $804 (+23.5%)

Brownsville

Population

568624

Median household income

$63,750$63,977

Median home value

$144,500$161,600

Median gross rent

$545$525

Caledonia

Population

2,7562,825

Median household income

$47,150$69,792

Median home value

$114,100$148,500

Median gross rent

$651$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Caledonia
Under 5	3.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	2.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	19.5%
55 to 64	18.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	20.0%	12.9%
75 and over	4.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Caledonia
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Caledonia
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	42.7%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Caledonia
Drove alone	85.2%	72.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Caledonia
1-unit, detached	85.4%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Caledonia
Poverty rate	9.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.19	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1966	1961