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Cottonwood township, Brown County, MN

897 Population
34.7 square miles 25.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Brown County: 42.4 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$42,164 ±$4,930 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Brown County: $36,580 ±$1,314
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$97,500 ±$19,804 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Brown County: $68,690 ±$3,342
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

3% ±1.2% (27  ±11) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Brown County: 7.7% † 1,908 (±1.2% / ±291)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

20.7 minutes ±1.8 (9,235  ±1,698) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Brown County: 15.3 186,075 (±0.8 / ±10,747)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

362 ±47 Number of households
  • Brown County: 10,946 ±189
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.5 ±0.1 (892  ±117) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Brown County: 2.3 24,633 (±0 / ±24)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

8.8% ±4.3% (13  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Brown County: 5.2% † 270 (±1.5% / ±75)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

385 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Brown County: 11,802 ±40
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$247,800 ±$27,272 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Brown County: $181,700 ±$6,552
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

3.6% ±2.2% (32  ±19.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Brown County: 9.2% † 2,358 (±1.5% / ±370.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

94.2% ±15.3% (637  ±71.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brown County: 92.9% 16,488 (±3.4% / ±602.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
18.9% ±3.6% (128  ±28.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Brown County: 24.2% 4,295 (±1.9% / ±328.5)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.2% (2  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Brown County: 3.1% 810
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

7.9% ±2.4% (57  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Brown County: 5.9% † 1,197 (±0.6% / ±124)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
57 Total veterans ±19 53 Male ±18 4 Female ±4

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