Brownton vs Glencoe

A side-by-side comparison of Brownton and Glencoe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glencoe has the higher population (5,702 vs 530 in Brownton). Brownton has the higher median household income ($77,159 vs $63,967 in Glencoe). Glencoe has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $148,500 in Brownton).

Population, income & housing

	Brownton	Glencoe
Population	530	5,702
Median age	46.2 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,159	$63,967
Median home value	$148,500	$213,100
Median gross rent	$833	$901
Housing units	296	2,346
Homeownership rate	87.7%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownton	Glencoe
Population	706 → 530 (-24.9%)	5,495 → 5,702 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $77,159 (+44.0%)	$52,599 → $63,967 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $148,500 (+69.3%)	$147,300 → $213,100 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $833 (+48.0%)	$689 → $901 (+30.8%)

Brownton

Population

706530

Median household income

$53,594$77,159

Median home value

$87,700$148,500

Median gross rent

$563$833

Glencoe

Population

5,4955,702

Median household income

$52,599$63,967

Median home value

$147,300$213,100

Median gross rent

$689$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownton	Glencoe
Under 5	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	21.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.5%
75 and over	8.1%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownton	Glencoe
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	19.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownton	Glencoe
No high school diploma	12.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownton	Glencoe
Drove alone	82.0%	85.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.4%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownton	Glencoe
1-unit, detached	89.5%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Brownton	Glencoe
Poverty rate	6.8%	8.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1952	1979