PlainZIP

Brownton, MN

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Brownton, MN: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,595. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BROWNTON-MN · Brownton, MN 1 ZIPs · 1,595 pop · #4366/25278 · McLeod County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $100,568
  • RANK-TOP #4366/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lester Prairie
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,595
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $236,300

Nearest income peer: Lester Prairie, MN ( $2,627 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Brownton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Brownton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Brownton, MN sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 17%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,595
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$100,568
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $100,568 and home value $236,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 13.0%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (89.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Minnesota, Nisswa is the closest lower-income city and Saint Paul Park the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Brownton.

Population concentration

Brownton reads through its lone ZIP, 55312

1,595 ACS residents, one ZIP: 55312 is not the leading code inside Brownton, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Brownton

Citywide ZBP: 23 establishments, 73 employees , annual payroll $5,790k (~14 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 55312 (23 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (5) · also Other services (except public administration) · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Brownton, MN

These ZIP codes sit in McLeod County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Brownton. See the McLeod County roll-up →

Brownton sits in the upper half of McLeod County on income: Hutchinson, Glencoe and Winsted report less, while Plato reports more. Winsted marks the far end of that range at $72,800, 28% below Brownton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
55312 1,595 $100,568 23 9
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