Brownstown vs Farina

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

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

Farina has the higher population (606 vs 592 in Brownstown). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $42,098 in Farina). Brownstown has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $71,400 in Farina).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Farina
Population	592	606
Median age	34.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$42,098
Median home value	$75,000	$71,400
Median gross rent	$817	$722
Housing units	255	234
Homeownership rate	60.8%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Farina
Population	895 → 592 (-33.9%)	612 → 606 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$43,636 → $59,688 (+36.8%)	$40,500 → $42,098 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $75,000 (+8.7%)	$65,900 → $71,400 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $817 (+23.2%)	$236 → $722 (+205.9%)

Brownstown

Population

895592

Median household income

$43,636$59,688

Median home value

$69,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$663$817

Farina

Population

612606

Median household income

$40,500$42,098

Median home value

$65,900$71,400

Median gross rent

$236$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Farina
Under 5	15.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	17.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	7.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.2%
75 and over	9.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Farina
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Farina
No high school diploma	7.9%	24.0%
High school graduate	44.7%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Farina
Drove alone	75.9%	89.9%
Carpooled	12.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Farina
1-unit, detached	75.3%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Farina
Poverty rate	20.4%	16.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1954	1959