Brownton vs Lester Prairie

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

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

Lester Prairie has the higher population (1,848 vs 530 in Brownton). Lester Prairie has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $77,159 in Brownton). Lester Prairie has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $148,500 in Brownton).

Population, income & housing

	Brownton	Lester Prairie
Population	530	1,848
Median age	46.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,159	$87,188
Median home value	$148,500	$217,000
Median gross rent	$833	$735
Housing units	296	727
Homeownership rate	87.7%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownton	Lester Prairie
Population	706 → 530 (-24.9%)	1,981 → 1,848 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $77,159 (+44.0%)	$59,688 → $87,188 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $148,500 (+69.3%)	$149,800 → $217,000 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $833 (+48.0%)	$543 → $735 (+35.4%)

Brownton

Population

706530

Median household income

$53,594$77,159

Median home value

$87,700$148,500

Median gross rent

$563$833

Lester Prairie

Population

1,9811,848

Median household income

$59,688$87,188

Median home value

$149,800$217,000

Median gross rent

$543$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownton	Lester Prairie
Under 5	4.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	22.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	17.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.4%
55 to 64	21.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.5%
75 and over	8.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownton	Lester Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownton	Lester Prairie
No high school diploma	12.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownton	Lester Prairie
Drove alone	82.0%	74.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.4%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownton	Lester Prairie
1-unit, detached	89.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Brownton	Lester Prairie
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1952	1975