Brooten vs Kimball

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

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

Kimball has the higher population (644 vs 582 in Brooten). Kimball has the higher median household income ($69,271 vs $47,500 in Brooten). Kimball has the higher median home value ($208,200 vs $128,900 in Brooten).

Population, income & housing

	Brooten	Kimball
Population	582	644
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$69,271
Median home value	$128,900	$208,200
Median gross rent	$988	$743
Housing units	277	302
Homeownership rate	70.9%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooten	Kimball
Population	702 → 582 (-17.1%)	925 → 644 (-30.4%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $47,500 (+2.7%)	$64,583 → $69,271 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $128,900 (+30.5%)	$140,900 → $208,200 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $988 (+41.1%)	$606 → $743 (+22.6%)

Brooten

Population

702582

Median household income

$46,250$47,500

Median home value

$98,800$128,900

Median gross rent

$700$988

Kimball

Population

925644

Median household income

$64,583$69,271

Median home value

$140,900$208,200

Median gross rent

$606$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooten	Kimball
Under 5	7.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	5.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	23.2%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.9%
75 and over	12.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooten	Kimball
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
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%	1.6%
Two or more races	11.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooten	Kimball
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooten	Kimball
Drove alone	68.9%	86.4%
Carpooled	2.6%	10.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	1.4%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooten	Kimball
1-unit, detached	83.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooten	Kimball
Poverty rate	21.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1955	1974