Brownton vs Plato

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

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

Brownton has the higher population (530 vs 193 in Plato). Plato has the higher median household income ($99,375 vs $77,159 in Brownton). Plato has the higher median home value ($228,900 vs $148,500 in Brownton).

Population, income & housing

	Brownton	Plato
Population	530	193
Median age	46.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,159	$99,375
Median home value	$148,500	$228,900
Median gross rent	$833	—
Housing units	296	88
Homeownership rate	87.7%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownton	Plato
Population	706 → 530 (-24.9%)	252 → 193 (-23.4%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $77,159 (+44.0%)	$52,361 → $99,375 (+89.8%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $148,500 (+69.3%)	$162,500 → $228,900 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $833 (+48.0%)	—

Brownton

Population

706530

Median household income

$53,594$77,159

Median home value

$87,700$148,500

Median gross rent

$563$833

Plato

Population

252193

Median household income

$52,361$99,375

Median home value

$162,500$228,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownton	Plato
Under 5	4.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	20.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	21.7%	5.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	17.1%
75 and over	8.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownton	Plato
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownton	Plato
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	37.8%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownton	Plato
Drove alone	82.0%	89.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownton	Plato
1-unit, detached	89.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownton	Plato
Poverty rate	6.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1952	1973