Browns Valley vs Wheaton

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

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

Wheaton has the higher population (1,334 vs 453 in Browns Valley). Browns Valley has the higher median household income ($53,056 vs $52,260 in Wheaton). Wheaton has the higher median home value ($82,200 vs $76,500 in Browns Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Valley	Wheaton
Population	453	1,334
Median age	47.0 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,056	$52,260
Median home value	$76,500	$82,200
Median gross rent	$850	$582
Housing units	244	819
Homeownership rate	63.4%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Valley	Wheaton
Population	566 → 453 (-20.0%)	1,500 → 1,334 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$38,529 → $53,056 (+37.7%)	$44,944 → $52,260 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$38,100 → $76,500 (+100.8%)	$71,000 → $82,200 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $850 (+8.8%)	$572 → $582 (+1.7%)

Browns Valley

Population

566453

Median household income

$38,529$53,056

Median home value

$38,100$76,500

Median gross rent

$781$850

Wheaton

Population

1,5001,334

Median household income

$44,944$52,260

Median home value

$71,000$82,200

Median gross rent

$572$582

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Valley	Wheaton
Under 5	10.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	17.4%	12.7%
75 and over	6.6%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Valley	Wheaton
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	30.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Valley	Wheaton
No high school diploma	12.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	46.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Valley	Wheaton
Drove alone	62.1%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	24.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns Valley	Wheaton
1-unit, detached	86.9%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	16.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Browns Valley	Wheaton
Poverty rate	23.0%	12.5%
Average household size	2.43	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	13	12
Median year structure built	1938	1963