Bingham vs Brownstown

A side-by-side comparison of Bingham and Brownstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brownstown has the higher population (592 vs 78 in Bingham). Since 2019, Bingham's population has grown faster (-20.4% vs -33.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bingham	Brownstown
Population	78	592
Median age	32.3 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$59,688
Median home value	—	$75,000
Median gross rent	—	$817
Housing units	33	255
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bingham	Brownstown
Population	98 → 78 (-20.4%)	895 → 592 (-33.9%)
Median household income	$43,611 → $48,750 (+11.8%)	$43,636 → $59,688 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$11,300 → $10,800 (-4.4%)	$69,000 → $75,000 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$663 → $817 (+23.2%)

Bingham

Population

9878

Median household income

$43,611$48,750

Median home value

$11,300$10,800

Brownstown

Population

895592

Median household income

$43,636$59,688

Median home value

$69,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$663$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bingham	Brownstown
Under 5	0.0%	15.2%
5 to 17	46.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	2.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	19.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	5.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	2.6%	7.6%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.1%
75 and over	7.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bingham	Brownstown
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bingham	Brownstown
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.9%
High school graduate	50.0%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bingham	Brownstown
Drove alone	95.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bingham	Brownstown
1-unit, detached	78.8%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.2%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Bingham	Brownstown
Poverty rate	51.3%	20.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1938	1954