Brownsdale vs Grand Meadow

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

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

Grand Meadow has the higher population (954 vs 860 in Brownsdale). Brownsdale has the higher median household income ($76,500 vs $68,750 in Grand Meadow). Grand Meadow has the higher median home value ($169,100 vs $137,600 in Brownsdale).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsdale	Grand Meadow
Population	860	954
Median age	40.3 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,500	$68,750
Median home value	$137,600	$169,100
Median gross rent	$788	$498
Housing units	358	451
Homeownership rate	88.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsdale	Grand Meadow
Population	596 → 860 (+44.3%)	1,125 → 954 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$60,341 → $76,500 (+26.8%)	$60,900 → $68,750 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $137,600 (+53.9%)	$112,100 → $169,100 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $788 (+28.5%)	$681 → $498 (-26.9%)

Brownsdale

Population

596860

Median household income

$60,341$76,500

Median home value

$89,400$137,600

Median gross rent

$613$788

Grand Meadow

Population

1,125954

Median household income

$60,900$68,750

Median home value

$112,100$169,100

Median gross rent

$681$498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsdale	Grand Meadow
Under 5	2.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	12.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	16.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.4%
75 and over	4.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsdale	Grand Meadow
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsdale	Grand Meadow
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	36.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsdale	Grand Meadow
Drove alone	73.1%	85.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	6.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsdale	Grand Meadow
1-unit, detached	84.1%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Brownsdale	Grand Meadow
Poverty rate	9.1%	7.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1958	1973