Austin vs Brownsdale

A side-by-side comparison of Austin and Brownsdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Austin has the higher population (26,167 vs 860 in Brownsdale). Brownsdale has the higher median household income ($76,500 vs $66,488 in Austin). Austin has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $137,600 in Brownsdale).

Population, income & housing

	Austin	Brownsdale
Population	26,167	860
Median age	36.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,488	$76,500
Median home value	$155,100	$137,600
Median gross rent	$860	$788
Housing units	10,969	358
Homeownership rate	69.6%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Austin	Brownsdale
Population	25,114 → 26,167 (+4.2%)	596 → 860 (+44.3%)
Median household income	$48,127 → $66,488 (+38.2%)	$60,341 → $76,500 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $155,100 (+43.9%)	$89,400 → $137,600 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $860 (+16.5%)	$613 → $788 (+28.5%)

Austin

Population

25,11426,167

Median household income

$48,127$66,488

Median home value

$107,800$155,100

Median gross rent

$738$860

Brownsdale

Population

596860

Median household income

$60,341$76,500

Median home value

$89,400$137,600

Median gross rent

$613$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Austin	Brownsdale
Under 5	7.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.2%
75 and over	8.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Austin	Brownsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	90.0%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Austin	Brownsdale
No high school diploma	13.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	32.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Austin	Brownsdale
Drove alone	77.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	13.0%	6.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.3%	12.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Austin	Brownsdale
1-unit, detached	70.9%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	4.7%
20 or more units	9.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Austin	Brownsdale
Poverty rate	14.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1957	1958