Brownton vs Silver Lake

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

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

Silver Lake has the higher population (922 vs 530 in Brownton). Brownton has the higher median household income ($77,159 vs $75,000 in Silver Lake). Silver Lake has the higher median home value ($184,800 vs $148,500 in Brownton).

Population, income & housing

	Brownton	Silver Lake
Population	530	922
Median age	46.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,159	$75,000
Median home value	$148,500	$184,800
Median gross rent	$833	$769
Housing units	296	403
Homeownership rate	87.7%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownton	Silver Lake
Population	706 → 530 (-24.9%)	945 → 922 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $77,159 (+44.0%)	$64,479 → $75,000 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $148,500 (+69.3%)	$140,700 → $184,800 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $833 (+48.0%)	$525 → $769 (+46.5%)

Brownton

Population

706530

Median household income

$53,594$77,159

Median home value

$87,700$148,500

Median gross rent

$563$833

Silver Lake

Population

945922

Median household income

$64,479$75,000

Median home value

$140,700$184,800

Median gross rent

$525$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownton	Silver Lake
Under 5	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	21.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.4%
75 and over	8.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownton	Silver Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownton	Silver Lake
No high school diploma	12.6%	14.5%
High school graduate	37.8%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownton	Silver Lake
Drove alone	82.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownton	Silver Lake
1-unit, detached	89.5%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownton	Silver Lake
Poverty rate	6.8%	4.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1952	1955