Browns vs West Salem

A side-by-side comparison of Browns and West Salem: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Salem has the higher population (769 vs 186 in Browns). Browns has the higher median household income ($61,125 vs $50,500 in West Salem). West Salem has the higher median home value ($65,800 vs $42,500 in Browns).

Population, income & housing

	Browns	West Salem
Population	186	769
Median age	51.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,125	$50,500
Median home value	$42,500	$65,800
Median gross rent	$770	$805
Housing units	90	464
Homeownership rate	90.6%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns	West Salem
Population	146 → 186 (+27.4%)	903 → 769 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $61,125 (-3.2%)	$45,987 → $50,500 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $42,500 (-33.7%)	$49,400 → $65,800 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $770 (+46.7%)	$383 → $805 (+110.2%)

Browns

Population

146186

Median household income

$63,125$61,125

Median home value

$64,100$42,500

Median gross rent

$525$770

West Salem

Population

903769

Median household income

$45,987$50,500

Median home value

$49,400$65,800

Median gross rent

$383$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns	West Salem
Under 5	3.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	7.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	22.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	15.1%	14.7%
75 and over	1.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns	West Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns	West Salem
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	36.5%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	48.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns	West Salem
Drove alone	86.4%	84.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns	West Salem
1-unit, detached	52.2%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.8%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Browns	West Salem
Poverty rate	15.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1973	1954