Brookston vs Meadowlands

A side-by-side comparison of Brookston and Meadowlands: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meadowlands has the higher population (151 vs 69 in Brookston). Brookston has the higher median household income ($45,833 vs $41,528 in Meadowlands). Brookston has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $55,000 in Meadowlands).

Population, income & housing

	Brookston	Meadowlands
Population	69	151
Median age	51.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,833	$41,528
Median home value	$120,800	$55,000
Median gross rent	$625	$671
Housing units	38	71
Homeownership rate	85.7%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	22.2%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookston	Meadowlands
Population	103 → 69 (-33.0%)	136 → 151 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $45,833 (-35.1%)	$21,750 → $41,528 (+90.9%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $120,800 (+4.2%)	$48,300 → $55,000 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$588 → $671 (+14.1%)

Brookston

Population

10369

Median household income

$70,625$45,833

Median home value

$115,900$120,800

Meadowlands

Population

136151

Median household income

$21,750$41,528

Median home value

$48,300$55,000

Median gross rent

$588$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookston	Meadowlands
Under 5	4.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	29.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.3%
25 to 34	4.3%	6.6%
35 to 44	23.2%	21.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	6.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	24.6%	5.3%
75 and over	7.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookston	Meadowlands
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookston	Meadowlands
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	39.7%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	46.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookston	Meadowlands
Drove alone	85.0%	57.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookston	Meadowlands
1-unit, detached	78.9%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	25.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookston	Meadowlands
Poverty rate	13.0%	12.4%
Average household size	1.93	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1976	1970