Brownsville vs Spring Grove

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

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

Spring Grove has the higher population (1,223 vs 624 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($63,977 vs $60,221 in Spring Grove). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($161,600 vs $148,200 in Spring Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Spring Grove
Population	624	1,223
Median age	45.8 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,977	$60,221
Median home value	$161,600	$148,200
Median gross rent	$525	$1,074
Housing units	288	661
Homeownership rate	94.3%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Spring Grove
Population	568 → 624 (+9.9%)	1,320 → 1,223 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $63,977 (+0.4%)	$48,854 → $60,221 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $161,600 (+11.8%)	$92,200 → $148,200 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $525 (-3.7%)	$627 → $1,074 (+71.3%)

Brownsville

Population

568624

Median household income

$63,750$63,977

Median home value

$144,500$161,600

Median gross rent

$545$525

Spring Grove

Population

1,3201,223

Median household income

$48,854$60,221

Median home value

$92,200$148,200

Median gross rent

$627$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Spring Grove
Under 5	3.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	2.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	7.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	18.1%	7.5%
65 to 74	20.0%	11.4%
75 and over	4.8%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Spring Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Spring Grove
No high school diploma	3.4%	10.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Spring Grove
Drove alone	85.2%	70.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Spring Grove
1-unit, detached	85.4%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Spring Grove
Poverty rate	9.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1966	1955