Brownton vs Stewart

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

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

Stewart has the higher population (570 vs 530 in Brownton). Brownton has the higher median household income ($77,159 vs $62,692 in Stewart). Brownton has the higher median home value ($148,500 vs $115,900 in Stewart).

Population, income & housing

	Brownton	Stewart
Population	530	570
Median age	46.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,159	$62,692
Median home value	$148,500	$115,900
Median gross rent	$833	$735
Housing units	296	249
Homeownership rate	87.7%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownton	Stewart
Population	706 → 530 (-24.9%)	490 → 570 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $77,159 (+44.0%)	$44,886 → $62,692 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $148,500 (+69.3%)	$68,400 → $115,900 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $833 (+48.0%)	$638 → $735 (+15.2%)

Brownton

Population

706530

Median household income

$53,594$77,159

Median home value

$87,700$148,500

Median gross rent

$563$833

Stewart

Population

490570

Median household income

$44,886$62,692

Median home value

$68,400$115,900

Median gross rent

$638$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownton	Stewart
Under 5	4.2%	10.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	17.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	16.0%
55 to 64	21.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.5%
75 and over	8.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownton	Stewart
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	75.6%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownton	Stewart
No high school diploma	12.6%	13.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownton	Stewart
Drove alone	82.0%	90.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.4%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownton	Stewart
1-unit, detached	89.5%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Brownton	Stewart
Poverty rate	6.8%	9.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	1952	1954