Brownstown vs La Clede

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

Brownstown and La Clede 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 151 in La Clede). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $40,991 in La Clede). Brownstown has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $62,800 in La Clede).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	La Clede
Population	592	151
Median age	34.0 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$40,991
Median home value	$75,000	$62,800
Median gross rent	$817	—
Housing units	255	53
Homeownership rate	60.8%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	La Clede
Population	895 → 592 (-33.9%)	33 → 151 (+357.6%)
Median household income	$43,636 → $59,688 (+36.8%)	$38,603 → $40,991 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $75,000 (+8.7%)	$52,100 → $62,800 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $817 (+23.2%)	—

Brownstown

Population

895592

Median household income

$43,636$59,688

Median home value

$69,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$663$817

La Clede

Population

33151

Median household income

$38,603$40,991

Median home value

$52,100$62,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	La Clede
Under 5	15.2%	9.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	38.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.3%
75 and over	9.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	La Clede
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	33.8%
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%	66.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	La Clede
No high school diploma	7.9%	43.3%
High school graduate	44.7%	56.7%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	La Clede
Drove alone	75.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	La Clede
1-unit, detached	75.3%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	La Clede
Poverty rate	20.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1954	1996