Brownton vs Winsted

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

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

Winsted has the higher population (2,023 vs 530 in Brownton). Brownton has the higher median household income ($77,159 vs $70,208 in Winsted). Winsted has the higher median home value ($210,200 vs $148,500 in Brownton).

Population, income & housing

	Brownton	Winsted
Population	530	2,023
Median age	46.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,159	$70,208
Median home value	$148,500	$210,200
Median gross rent	$833	$797
Housing units	296	1,025
Homeownership rate	87.7%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownton	Winsted
Population	706 → 530 (-24.9%)	2,180 → 2,023 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$53,594 → $77,159 (+44.0%)	$59,286 → $70,208 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $148,500 (+69.3%)	$159,300 → $210,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $833 (+48.0%)	$706 → $797 (+12.9%)

Brownton

Population

706530

Median household income

$53,594$77,159

Median home value

$87,700$148,500

Median gross rent

$563$833

Winsted

Population

2,1802,023

Median household income

$59,286$70,208

Median home value

$159,300$210,200

Median gross rent

$706$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownton	Winsted
Under 5	4.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.6%	12.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	17.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	21.7%	21.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.7%
75 and over	8.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownton	Winsted
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownton	Winsted
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	37.8%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownton	Winsted
Drove alone	82.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownton	Winsted
1-unit, detached	89.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Brownton	Winsted
Poverty rate	6.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.17	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1952	1974