Brooks vs Red Lake Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Brooks and Red Lake Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Red Lake Falls has the higher population (1,267 vs 140 in Brooks). Red Lake Falls has the higher median household income ($63,929 vs $61,667 in Brooks). Red Lake Falls has the higher median home value ($132,300 vs $97,200 in Brooks).

Population, income & housing

	Brooks	Red Lake Falls
Population	140	1,267
Median age	40.0 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,667	$63,929
Median home value	$97,200	$132,300
Median gross rent	$427	$568
Housing units	71	629
Homeownership rate	67.2%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooks	Red Lake Falls
Population	143 → 140 (-2.1%)	1,372 → 1,267 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $61,667 (+59.1%)	$49,632 → $63,929 (+28.8%)
Median home value	—	$112,300 → $132,300 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$325 → $427 (+31.4%)	$547 → $568 (+3.8%)

Brooks

Population

143140

Median household income

$38,750$61,667

Median gross rent

$325$427

Red Lake Falls

Population

1,3721,267

Median household income

$49,632$63,929

Median home value

$112,300$132,300

Median gross rent

$547$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooks	Red Lake Falls
Under 5	13.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	5.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	18.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	5.7%	18.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.5%
75 and over	6.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooks	Red Lake Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooks	Red Lake Falls
No high school diploma	4.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooks	Red Lake Falls
Drove alone	76.8%	68.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooks	Red Lake Falls
1-unit, detached	66.2%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Brooks	Red Lake Falls
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1951	1970