Browns Valley vs Tintah

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

Browns Valley and Tintah 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 60 in Tintah). Browns Valley has the higher median household income ($53,056 vs $35,972 in Tintah). Since 2019, Tintah's population has grown faster (+36.4% vs -20.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Valley	Tintah
Population	453	60
Median age	47.0 yrs	26.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,056	$35,972
Median home value	$76,500	—
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	244	40
Homeownership rate	63.4%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Valley	Tintah
Population	566 → 453 (-20.0%)	44 → 60 (+36.4%)
Median household income	$38,529 → $53,056 (+37.7%)	$40,000 → $35,972 (-10.1%)
Median home value	$38,100 → $76,500 (+100.8%)	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)
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

Tintah

Population

4460

Median household income

$40,000$35,972

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Valley	Tintah
Under 5	10.8%	18.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	23.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	6.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	1.7%
65 to 74	17.4%	11.7%
75 and over	6.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Valley	Tintah
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	96.7%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Valley	Tintah
No high school diploma	12.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	46.1%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Valley	Tintah
Drove alone	62.1%	96.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
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	Tintah
1-unit, detached	86.9%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	27.5%

Poverty & households

	Browns Valley	Tintah
Poverty rate	23.0%	11.7%
Average household size	2.43	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	1938	1957