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The median home value in Brown County, MN is $254,656 as of 2026-07-31, up 8.86% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$254,656
Year-over-Year
+8.86%
National Rank
#1330 of 3071
Brown County ranks 55th out of 87 counties in MN by median home price, and is +8.7% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within MN, the typical county has a median home value of $278,266, making Brown County -8.5% below the MN state median.
Households here earn a median of $69,378 a year against a typical home value of $254,656 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.7×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 51% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Brown County recorded a violent crime rate of 78 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 864 per 100,000.
Based on 3 reporting cities covering 19,333 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Brown County is $254,656. That's up 8.86% from a year earlier. That is about 8.7% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Brown County the 55th most expensive of 87 counties in Minnesota.
Median household income here is $69,378, so a typical home costs about 3.7× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Brown County recorded 78 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 19,333 residents across 3 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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