Avon vs Brownsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Avon and Brownsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brownsburg has the higher population (30,310 vs 22,683 in Avon). Brownsburg has the higher median household income ($105,435 vs $97,589 in Avon). Avon has the higher median home value ($300,600 vs $282,800 in Brownsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Brownsburg
Population	22,683	30,310
Median age	37.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,589	$105,435
Median home value	$300,600	$282,800
Median gross rent	$1,509	$1,405
Housing units	8,851	11,181
Homeownership rate	71.6%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Brownsburg
Population	17,453 → 22,683 (+30.0%)	26,046 → 30,310 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$94,213 → $97,589 (+3.6%)	$78,877 → $105,435 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$210,600 → $300,600 (+42.7%)	$195,700 → $282,800 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,149 → $1,509 (+31.3%)	$1,135 → $1,405 (+23.8%)

Avon

Population

17,45322,683

Median household income

$94,213$97,589

Median home value

$210,600$300,600

Median gross rent

$1,149$1,509

Brownsburg

Population

26,04630,310

Median household income

$78,877$105,435

Median home value

$195,700$282,800

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,405

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	Brownsburg
Under 5	5.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	23.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.4%
75 and over	4.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Brownsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	81.5%
Black or African American	14.1%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Brownsburg
No high school diploma	8.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	21.5%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Brownsburg
Drove alone	76.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	13.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Brownsburg
1-unit, detached	72.5%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	8.8%
20 or more units	5.3%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Brownsburg
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	2003	2000