Brooks vs Plummer

A side-by-side comparison of Brooks and Plummer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plummer has the higher population (379 vs 140 in Brooks). Plummer has the higher median household income ($91,500 vs $61,667 in Brooks). Plummer has the higher median home value ($156,300 vs $97,200 in Brooks).

Population, income & housing

	Brooks	Plummer
Population	140	379
Median age	40.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$91,500
Median home value	$97,200	$156,300
Median gross rent	$427	$859
Housing units	71	169
Homeownership rate	67.2%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooks	Plummer
Population	143 → 140 (-2.1%)	333 → 379 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $61,667 (+59.1%)	$57,750 → $91,500 (+58.4%)
Median home value	—	$80,500 → $156,300 (+94.2%)
Median gross rent	$325 → $427 (+31.4%)	$525 → $859 (+63.6%)

Brooks

Population

143140

Median household income

$38,750$61,667

Median gross rent

$325$427

Plummer

Population

333379

Median household income

$57,750$91,500

Median home value

$80,500$156,300

Median gross rent

$525$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooks	Plummer
Under 5	13.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	19.3%	24.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	5.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	5.7%	7.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.9%
75 and over	6.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooks	Plummer
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooks	Plummer
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	36.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooks	Plummer
Drove alone	76.8%	86.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooks	Plummer
1-unit, detached	66.2%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooks	Plummer
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1951	1973