Brownstown vs Ramsey

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

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

Ramsey has the higher population (998 vs 592 in Brownstown). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $50,664 in Ramsey). Brownstown has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $58,000 in Ramsey).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Ramsey
Population	592	998
Median age	34.0 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$50,664
Median home value	$75,000	$58,000
Median gross rent	$817	$742
Housing units	255	407
Homeownership rate	60.8%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Ramsey
Population	895 → 592 (-33.9%)	987 → 998 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$43,636 → $59,688 (+36.8%)	$32,381 → $50,664 (+56.5%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $75,000 (+8.7%)	$59,700 → $58,000 (-2.8%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $817 (+23.2%)	$650 → $742 (+14.2%)

Brownstown

Population

895592

Median household income

$43,636$59,688

Median home value

$69,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$663$817

Ramsey

Population

987998

Median household income

$32,381$50,664

Median home value

$59,700$58,000

Median gross rent

$650$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Ramsey
Under 5	15.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	18.7%
55 to 64	7.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	3.1%
75 and over	9.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Ramsey
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	0.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Ramsey
No high school diploma	7.9%	31.0%
High school graduate	44.7%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Ramsey
Drove alone	75.9%	86.3%
Carpooled	12.9%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Ramsey
1-unit, detached	75.3%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Ramsey
Poverty rate	20.4%	16.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	16	38
Median year structure built	1954	1966