Brookville vs Laurel

A side-by-side comparison of Brookville and Laurel: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookville and Laurel are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brookville has the higher population (2,640 vs 474 in Laurel). Brookville has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $24,663 in Laurel). Brookville has the higher median home value ($172,100 vs $76,100 in Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Brookville	Laurel
Population	2,640	474
Median age	37.4 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$24,663
Median home value	$172,100	$76,100
Median gross rent	$639	$973
Housing units	1,298	250
Homeownership rate	51.1%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookville	Laurel
Population	2,539 → 2,640 (+4.0%)	794 → 474 (-40.3%)
Median household income	$44,432 → $58,750 (+32.2%)	$29,531 → $24,663 (-16.5%)
Median home value	$119,600 → $172,100 (+43.9%)	$58,100 → $76,100 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $639 (-4.1%)	$663 → $973 (+46.8%)

Brookville

Population

2,5392,640

Median household income

$44,432$58,750

Median home value

$119,600$172,100

Median gross rent

$666$639

Laurel

Population

794474

Median household income

$29,531$24,663

Median home value

$58,100$76,100

Median gross rent

$663$973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookville	Laurel
Under 5	10.7%	14.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	17.3%	18.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	3.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.7%
75 and over	14.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookville	Laurel
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookville	Laurel
No high school diploma	16.1%	22.4%
High school graduate	41.7%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookville	Laurel
Drove alone	70.1%	84.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	8.5%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	2.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookville	Laurel
1-unit, detached	55.2%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.6%
20 or more units	9.4%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Brookville	Laurel
Poverty rate	8.6%	33.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1968	1951