Browns Valley vs Dumont

A side-by-side comparison of Browns Valley and Dumont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Browns Valley has the higher population (453 vs 138 in Dumont). Dumont has the higher median household income ($127,813 vs $53,056 in Browns Valley). Dumont has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $76,500 in Browns Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Valley	Dumont
Population	453	138
Median age	47.0 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,056	$127,813
Median home value	$76,500	$137,500
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	244	64
Homeownership rate	63.4%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Valley	Dumont
Population	566 → 453 (-20.0%)	98 → 138 (+40.8%)
Median household income	$38,529 → $53,056 (+37.7%)	$48,125 → $127,813 (+165.6%)
Median home value	$38,100 → $76,500 (+100.8%)	$39,000 → $137,500 (+252.6%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $850 (+8.8%)	—

Browns Valley

Population

566453

Median household income

$38,529$53,056

Median home value

$38,100$76,500

Median gross rent

$781$850

Dumont

Population

98138

Median household income

$48,125$127,813

Median home value

$39,000$137,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Valley	Dumont
Under 5	10.8%	14.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	2.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	36.2%
65 to 74	17.4%	8.7%
75 and over	6.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Valley	Dumont
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	30.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	7.2%
Two or more races	10.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Valley	Dumont
No high school diploma	12.6%	1.0%
High school graduate	46.1%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Valley	Dumont
Drove alone	62.1%	96.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns Valley	Dumont
1-unit, detached	86.9%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.7%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Browns Valley	Dumont
Poverty rate	23.0%	2.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	13	11
Median year structure built	1938	1968