Brownsville vs La Crescent

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

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

La Crescent has the higher population (5,266 vs 624 in Brownsville). La Crescent has the higher median household income ($82,109 vs $63,977 in Brownsville). La Crescent has the higher median home value ($244,500 vs $161,600 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	La Crescent
Population	624	5,266
Median age	45.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,977	$82,109
Median home value	$161,600	$244,500
Median gross rent	$525	$1,059
Housing units	288	2,485
Homeownership rate	94.3%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	La Crescent
Population	568 → 624 (+9.9%)	5,138 → 5,266 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $63,977 (+0.4%)	$65,074 → $82,109 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $161,600 (+11.8%)	$184,100 → $244,500 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $525 (-3.7%)	$851 → $1,059 (+24.4%)

Brownsville

Population

568624

Median household income

$63,750$63,977

Median home value

$144,500$161,600

Median gross rent

$545$525

La Crescent

Population

5,1385,266

Median household income

$65,074$82,109

Median home value

$184,100$244,500

Median gross rent

$851$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	La Crescent
Under 5	3.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	2.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	18.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	20.0%	12.3%
75 and over	4.8%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	La Crescent
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	La Crescent
No high school diploma	3.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	La Crescent
Drove alone	85.2%	80.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	La Crescent
1-unit, detached	85.4%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	La Crescent
Poverty rate	9.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1966	1973