Brownsville vs Eitzen

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

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

Brownsville has the higher population (624 vs 284 in Eitzen). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($63,977 vs $53,750 in Eitzen). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($161,600 vs $117,700 in Eitzen).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Eitzen
Population	624	284
Median age	45.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,977	$53,750
Median home value	$161,600	$117,700
Median gross rent	$525	$542
Housing units	288	137
Homeownership rate	94.3%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Eitzen
Population	568 → 624 (+9.9%)	252 → 284 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $63,977 (+0.4%)	$49,063 → $53,750 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $161,600 (+11.8%)	$100,000 → $117,700 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $525 (-3.7%)	$820 → $542 (-33.9%)

Brownsville

Population

568624

Median household income

$63,750$63,977

Median home value

$144,500$161,600

Median gross rent

$545$525

Eitzen

Population

252284

Median household income

$49,063$53,750

Median home value

$100,000$117,700

Median gross rent

$820$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Eitzen
Under 5	3.8%	9.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	2.1%	0.7%
25 to 34	8.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	18.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	20.0%	4.2%
75 and over	4.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Eitzen
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Eitzen
No high school diploma	3.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	42.7%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Eitzen
Drove alone	85.2%	77.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Eitzen
1-unit, detached	85.4%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Eitzen
Poverty rate	9.0%	3.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1966	1955