Brownstown vs St. Elmo

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

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

St. Elmo has the higher population (1,401 vs 592 in Brownstown). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $47,115 in St. Elmo). St. Elmo has the higher median home value ($80,300 vs $75,000 in Brownstown).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	St. Elmo
Population	592	1,401
Median age	34.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$47,115
Median home value	$75,000	$80,300
Median gross rent	$817	$759
Housing units	255	561
Homeownership rate	60.8%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	St. Elmo
Population	895 → 592 (-33.9%)	1,480 → 1,401 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$43,636 → $59,688 (+36.8%)	$44,728 → $47,115 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $75,000 (+8.7%)	$74,100 → $80,300 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $817 (+23.2%)	$493 → $759 (+54.0%)

Brownstown

Population

895592

Median household income

$43,636$59,688

Median home value

$69,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$663$817

St. Elmo

Population

1,4801,401

Median household income

$44,728$47,115

Median home value

$74,100$80,300

Median gross rent

$493$759

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	St. Elmo
Under 5	15.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	7.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.1%
75 and over	9.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	St. Elmo
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	St. Elmo
No high school diploma	7.9%	15.7%
High school graduate	44.7%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	St. Elmo
Drove alone	75.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	St. Elmo
1-unit, detached	75.3%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	St. Elmo
Poverty rate	20.4%	23.7%
Average household size	2.67	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1954	1956