Brownstown vs Vandalia

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

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

Vandalia has the higher population (6,041 vs 592 in Brownstown). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $43,184 in Vandalia). Vandalia has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $75,000 in Brownstown).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Vandalia
Population	592	6,041
Median age	34.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$43,184
Median home value	$75,000	$88,800
Median gross rent	$817	$738
Housing units	255	2,383
Homeownership rate	60.8%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Vandalia
Population	895 → 592 (-33.9%)	6,909 → 6,041 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$43,636 → $59,688 (+36.8%)	$36,395 → $43,184 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $75,000 (+8.7%)	$83,700 → $88,800 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $817 (+23.2%)	$625 → $738 (+18.1%)

Brownstown

Population

895592

Median household income

$43,636$59,688

Median home value

$69,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$663$817

Vandalia

Population

6,9096,041

Median household income

$36,395$43,184

Median home value

$83,700$88,800

Median gross rent

$625$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Vandalia
Under 5	15.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	9.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	17.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	7.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.7%
75 and over	9.3%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Vandalia
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Vandalia
No high school diploma	7.9%	15.1%
High school graduate	44.7%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Vandalia
Drove alone	75.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	12.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	9.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Vandalia
1-unit, detached	75.3%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Vandalia
Poverty rate	20.4%	22.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1954	1954