Brown County vs Le Sueur County

A side-by-side comparison of Brown County and Le Sueur County: population, income, housing, and more.

Brown County and Le Sueur County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Le Sueur County has the higher population (28,936 vs 25,826 in Brown County). Le Sueur County has the higher median household income ($90,218 vs $68,690 in Brown County). Le Sueur County has the higher median home value ($287,700 vs $181,700 in Brown County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Le Sueur County
Population	25,826	28,936
Median age	42.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,690	$90,218
Median home value	$181,700	$287,700
Median gross rent	$931	$885
Housing units	11,802	12,978
Homeownership rate	79.4%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Le Sueur County
Population	25,163 → 25,826 (+2.6%)	28,242 → 28,936 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$61,120 → $68,690 (+12.4%)	$71,080 → $90,218 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $181,700 (+28.0%)	$207,400 → $287,700 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $931 (+48.0%)	$773 → $885 (+14.5%)

Brown County

Population

25,16325,826

Median household income

$61,120$68,690

Median home value

$141,900$181,700

Median gross rent

$629$931

Le Sueur County

Population

28,24228,936

Median household income

$71,080$90,218

Median home value

$207,400$287,700

Median gross rent

$773$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Le Sueur County
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.9%
75 and over	10.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Le Sueur County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Le Sueur County
No high school diploma	7.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Le Sueur County
Drove alone	80.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	4.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Le Sueur County
1-unit, detached	80.2%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	6.5%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Le Sueur County
Poverty rate	7.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1961	1973