Mounds View vs New Brighton

A side-by-side comparison of Mounds View and New Brighton: population, income, housing, and more.

Mounds View and New Brighton are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Brighton has the higher population (22,900 vs 12,992 in Mounds View). Mounds View has the higher median household income ($90,148 vs $87,272 in New Brighton). New Brighton has the higher median home value ($345,900 vs $294,500 in Mounds View).

Population, income & housing

	Mounds View	New Brighton
Population	12,992	22,900
Median age	37.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,148	$87,272
Median home value	$294,500	$345,900
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,327
Housing units	5,417	9,506
Homeownership rate	69.3%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mounds View	New Brighton
Population	13,094 → 12,992 (-0.8%)	22,556 → 22,900 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$67,402 → $90,148 (+33.7%)	$74,644 → $87,272 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$206,700 → $294,500 (+42.5%)	$256,600 → $345,900 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,216 (+31.0%)	$1,038 → $1,327 (+27.8%)

Mounds View

Population

13,09412,992

Median household income

$67,402$90,148

Median home value

$206,700$294,500

Median gross rent

$928$1,216

New Brighton

Population

22,55622,900

Median household income

$74,644$87,272

Median home value

$256,600$345,900

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,327

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mounds View	New Brighton
Under 5	8.1%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.0%
75 and over	8.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mounds View	New Brighton
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	67.6%
Black or African American	6.2%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	11.2%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	8.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mounds View	New Brighton
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	24.9%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mounds View	New Brighton
Drove alone	71.3%	68.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.5%
Public transit	2.5%	1.1%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	16.3%	17.1%
Other means	2.1%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mounds View	New Brighton
1-unit, detached	54.9%	51.8%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	12.8%
20 or more units	15.6%	22.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Mounds View	New Brighton
Poverty rate	12.5%	10.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1976	1973