Braham vs Cambridge

A side-by-side comparison of Braham and Cambridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cambridge has the higher population (9,992 vs 1,674 in Braham). Cambridge has the higher median household income ($67,632 vs $55,417 in Braham). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($234,800 vs $191,600 in Braham).

Population, income & housing

	Braham	Cambridge
Population	1,674	9,992
Median age	36.0 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$67,632
Median home value	$191,600	$234,800
Median gross rent	$905	$1,232
Housing units	724	4,289
Homeownership rate	63.4%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braham	Cambridge
Population	1,820 → 1,674 (-8.0%)	8,774 → 9,992 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$45,966 → $55,417 (+20.6%)	$51,904 → $67,632 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $191,600 (+51.7%)	$157,700 → $234,800 (+48.9%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $905 (+14.6%)	$952 → $1,232 (+29.4%)

Braham

Population

1,8201,674

Median household income

$45,966$55,417

Median home value

$126,300$191,600

Median gross rent

$790$905

Cambridge

Population

8,7749,992

Median household income

$51,904$67,632

Median home value

$157,700$234,800

Median gross rent

$952$1,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braham	Cambridge
Under 5	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	25.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.2%
75 and over	4.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braham	Cambridge
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	1.2%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braham	Cambridge
No high school diploma	14.2%	7.6%
High school graduate	43.7%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braham	Cambridge
Drove alone	82.6%	74.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	10.1%
Public transit	1.1%	1.3%
Walked	0.8%	2.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	1.1%
Worked from home	8.5%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braham	Cambridge
1-unit, detached	59.0%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	15.2%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Braham	Cambridge
Poverty rate	18.9%	10.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1978	1994