Brookville vs Oldenburg

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

Brookville and Oldenburg 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 746 in Oldenburg). Oldenburg has the higher median household income ($77,692 vs $58,750 in Brookville). Oldenburg has the higher median home value ($254,000 vs $172,100 in Brookville).

Population, income & housing

	Brookville	Oldenburg
Population	2,640	746
Median age	37.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$77,692
Median home value	$172,100	$254,000
Median gross rent	$639	$650
Housing units	1,298	233
Homeownership rate	51.1%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookville	Oldenburg
Population	2,539 → 2,640 (+4.0%)	458 → 746 (+62.9%)
Median household income	$44,432 → $58,750 (+32.2%)	$55,625 → $77,692 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$119,600 → $172,100 (+43.9%)	$171,200 → $254,000 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $639 (-4.1%)	$533 → $650 (+22.0%)

Brookville

Population

2,5392,640

Median household income

$44,432$58,750

Median home value

$119,600$172,100

Median gross rent

$666$639

Oldenburg

Population

458746

Median household income

$55,625$77,692

Median home value

$171,200$254,000

Median gross rent

$533$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookville	Oldenburg
Under 5	10.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	9.0%	23.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.3%	7.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	6.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	5.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.1%
75 and over	14.0%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookville	Oldenburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookville	Oldenburg
No high school diploma	16.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	41.7%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookville	Oldenburg
Drove alone	70.1%	82.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	11.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookville	Oldenburg
1-unit, detached	55.2%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	4.3%
20 or more units	9.4%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Brookville	Oldenburg
Poverty rate	8.6%	21.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1968	1958