Greenbush vs Roseau

A side-by-side comparison of Greenbush and Roseau: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Roseau has the higher population (2,728 vs 685 in Greenbush). Roseau has the higher median household income ($60,185 vs $58,438 in Greenbush). Greenbush has the higher median home value ($131,700 vs $130,000 in Roseau).

Population, income & housing

	Greenbush	Roseau
Population	685	2,728
Median age	38.7 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,438	$60,185
Median home value	$131,700	$130,000
Median gross rent	$588	$1,027
Housing units	296	1,389
Homeownership rate	84.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenbush	Roseau
Population	782 → 685 (-12.4%)	2,697 → 2,728 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$49,583 → $58,438 (+17.9%)	$52,794 → $60,185 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $131,700 (+59.6%)	$137,300 → $130,000 (-5.3%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $588 (+0.9%)	$748 → $1,027 (+37.3%)

Greenbush

Population

782685

Median household income

$49,583$58,438

Median home value

$82,500$131,700

Median gross rent

$583$588

Roseau

Population

2,6972,728

Median household income

$52,794$60,185

Median home value

$137,300$130,000

Median gross rent

$748$1,027

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenbush	Roseau
Under 5	6.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	1.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.9%
75 and over	15.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenbush	Roseau
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.0%
Asian	6.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenbush	Roseau
No high school diploma	6.0%	12.4%
High school graduate	33.8%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenbush	Roseau
Drove alone	77.3%	62.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	7.2%
Public transit	1.3%	0.4%
Walked	2.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenbush	Roseau
1-unit, detached	65.2%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	7.1%
20 or more units	3.7%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Greenbush	Roseau
Poverty rate	4.2%	16.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1971	1981