Bone Gap vs Browns

A side-by-side comparison of Bone Gap and Browns: population, income, housing, and more.

Bone Gap and Browns are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bone Gap has the higher population (187 vs 186 in Browns). Browns has the higher median household income ($61,125 vs $44,167 in Bone Gap). Bone Gap has the higher median home value ($67,000 vs $42,500 in Browns).

Population, income & housing

	Bone Gap	Browns
Population	187	186
Median age	40.7 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,167	$61,125
Median home value	$67,000	$42,500
Median gross rent	$481	$770
Housing units	88	90
Homeownership rate	83.3%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	19.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bone Gap	Browns
Population	158 → 187 (+18.4%)	146 → 186 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $44,167 (-5.4%)	$63,125 → $61,125 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $67,000 (+24.5%)	$64,100 → $42,500 (-33.7%)
Median gross rent	$295 → $481 (+63.1%)	$525 → $770 (+46.7%)

Bone Gap

Population

158187

Median household income

$46,667$44,167

Median home value

$53,800$67,000

Median gross rent

$295$481

Browns

Population

146186

Median household income

$63,125$61,125

Median home value

$64,100$42,500

Median gross rent

$525$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bone Gap	Browns
Under 5	12.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	13.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	17.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	22.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	15.1%
75 and over	4.8%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bone Gap	Browns
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bone Gap	Browns
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	37.7%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bone Gap	Browns
Drove alone	86.8%	86.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.1%
Public transit	7.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bone Gap	Browns
1-unit, detached	76.1%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	47.8%

Poverty & households

	Bone Gap	Browns
Poverty rate	25.1%	15.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	46	18
Median year structure built	1966	1973