Brownsville vs Hokah

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

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

Hokah has the higher population (673 vs 624 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($63,977 vs $60,313 in Hokah). Hokah has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $161,600 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Hokah
Population	624	673
Median age	45.8 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,977	$60,313
Median home value	$161,600	$184,900
Median gross rent	$525	$911
Housing units	288	320
Homeownership rate	94.3%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Hokah
Population	568 → 624 (+9.9%)	649 → 673 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $63,977 (+0.4%)	$53,438 → $60,313 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $161,600 (+11.8%)	$132,700 → $184,900 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $525 (-3.7%)	$727 → $911 (+25.3%)

Brownsville

Population

568624

Median household income

$63,750$63,977

Median home value

$144,500$161,600

Median gross rent

$545$525

Hokah

Population

649673

Median household income

$53,438$60,313

Median home value

$132,700$184,900

Median gross rent

$727$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Hokah
Under 5	3.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.5%
18 to 24	2.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	19.3%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	4.5%
55 to 64	18.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	20.0%	12.8%
75 and over	4.8%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Hokah
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Hokah
No high school diploma	3.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Hokah
Drove alone	85.2%	80.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Hokah
1-unit, detached	85.4%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Hokah
Poverty rate	9.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1966	1951