Brown County vs Mille Lacs County

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

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

Mille Lacs County has the higher population (26,912 vs 25,826 in Brown County). Mille Lacs County has the higher median household income ($71,455 vs $68,690 in Brown County). Mille Lacs County has the higher median home value ($237,500 vs $181,700 in Brown County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Mille Lacs County
Population	25,826	26,912
Median age	42.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,690	$71,455
Median home value	$181,700	$237,500
Median gross rent	$931	$909
Housing units	11,802	12,958
Homeownership rate	79.4%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Mille Lacs County
Population	25,163 → 25,826 (+2.6%)	25,865 → 26,912 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$61,120 → $68,690 (+12.4%)	$56,135 → $71,455 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $181,700 (+28.0%)	$163,300 → $237,500 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $931 (+48.0%)	$756 → $909 (+20.2%)

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

Mille Lacs County

Population

25,86526,912

Median household income

$56,135$71,455

Median home value

$163,300$237,500

Median gross rent

$756$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Mille Lacs County
Under 5	5.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.9%
75 and over	10.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Mille Lacs County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	3.9%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Mille Lacs County
No high school diploma	7.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	35.1%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Mille Lacs County
Drove alone	80.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.6%	1.5%
Walked	4.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Mille Lacs County
1-unit, detached	80.2%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	6.5%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Mille Lacs County
Poverty rate	7.7%	10.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	15	31
Median year structure built	1961	1982