Brooten vs Freeport

A side-by-side comparison of Brooten and Freeport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Freeport has the higher population (827 vs 582 in Brooten). Freeport has the higher median household income ($87,396 vs $47,500 in Brooten). Freeport has the higher median home value ($214,600 vs $128,900 in Brooten).

Population, income & housing

	Brooten	Freeport
Population	582	827
Median age	39.8 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$87,396
Median home value	$128,900	$214,600
Median gross rent	$988	$713
Housing units	277	300
Homeownership rate	70.9%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooten	Freeport
Population	702 → 582 (-17.1%)	841 → 827 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $47,500 (+2.7%)	$65,000 → $87,396 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $128,900 (+30.5%)	$158,400 → $214,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $988 (+41.1%)	$633 → $713 (+12.6%)

Brooten

Population

702582

Median household income

$46,250$47,500

Median home value

$98,800$128,900

Median gross rent

$700$988

Freeport

Population

841827

Median household income

$65,000$87,396

Median home value

$158,400$214,600

Median gross rent

$633$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooten	Freeport
Under 5	7.0%	15.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	5.5%	23.3%
35 to 44	23.2%	7.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	6.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.5%
75 and over	12.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooten	Freeport
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	11.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooten	Freeport
No high school diploma	10.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooten	Freeport
Drove alone	68.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	12.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.7%
Walked	4.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	8.1%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooten	Freeport
1-unit, detached	83.0%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooten	Freeport
Poverty rate	21.1%	2.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1955	1974