Brownstown vs St. Peter

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

Brownstown and St. Peter 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 256 in St. Peter). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $55,000 in St. Peter). St. Peter has the higher median home value ($91,400 vs $75,000 in Brownstown).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	St. Peter
Population	592	256
Median age	34.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$55,000
Median home value	$75,000	$91,400
Median gross rent	$817	$488
Housing units	255	113
Homeownership rate	60.8%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	St. Peter
Population	895 → 592 (-33.9%)	435 → 256 (-41.1%)
Median household income	$43,636 → $59,688 (+36.8%)	$45,938 → $55,000 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $75,000 (+8.7%)	$66,300 → $91,400 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $817 (+23.2%)	$413 → $488 (+18.2%)

Brownstown

Population

895592

Median household income

$43,636$59,688

Median home value

$69,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$663$817

St. Peter

Population

435256

Median household income

$45,938$55,000

Median home value

$66,300$91,400

Median gross rent

$413$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	St. Peter
Under 5	15.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	4.7%
55 to 64	7.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.7%
75 and over	9.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	St. Peter
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	98.0%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	St. Peter
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	44.7%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	St. Peter
Drove alone	75.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	12.9%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	18.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	St. Peter
1-unit, detached	75.3%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	St. Peter
Poverty rate	20.4%	11.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1954	1957