Brooten vs Holdingford

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

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

Holdingford has the higher population (771 vs 582 in Brooten). Holdingford has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $47,500 in Brooten). Holdingford has the higher median home value ($172,600 vs $128,900 in Brooten).

Population, income & housing

	Brooten	Holdingford
Population	582	771
Median age	39.8 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$78,750
Median home value	$128,900	$172,600
Median gross rent	$988	$1,066
Housing units	277	342
Homeownership rate	70.9%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooten	Holdingford
Population	702 → 582 (-17.1%)	660 → 771 (+16.8%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $47,500 (+2.7%)	$58,958 → $78,750 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $128,900 (+30.5%)	$125,000 → $172,600 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $988 (+41.1%)	$614 → $1,066 (+73.6%)

Brooten

Population

702582

Median household income

$46,250$47,500

Median home value

$98,800$128,900

Median gross rent

$700$988

Holdingford

Population

660771

Median household income

$58,958$78,750

Median home value

$125,000$172,600

Median gross rent

$614$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooten	Holdingford
Under 5	7.0%	12.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	13.7%
25 to 34	5.5%	19.1%
35 to 44	23.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	3.5%
75 and over	12.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooten	Holdingford
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooten	Holdingford
No high school diploma	10.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooten	Holdingford
Drove alone	68.9%	84.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.7%	1.5%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	7.9%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooten	Holdingford
1-unit, detached	83.0%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Brooten	Holdingford
Poverty rate	21.1%	6.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1955	1966