Brownsburg vs Clayton

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

Brownsburg and Clayton 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 874 in Clayton). Brownsburg has the higher median household income ($105,435 vs $83,500 in Clayton). Brownsburg has the higher median home value ($282,800 vs $214,900 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsburg	Clayton
Population	30,310	874
Median age	36.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$105,435	$83,500
Median home value	$282,800	$214,900
Median gross rent	$1,405	$1,125
Housing units	11,181	389
Homeownership rate	73.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsburg	Clayton
Population	26,046 → 30,310 (+16.4%)	1,110 → 874 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$78,877 → $105,435 (+33.7%)	$70,893 → $83,500 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$195,700 → $282,800 (+44.5%)	$136,400 → $214,900 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,405 (+23.8%)	$858 → $1,125 (+31.1%)

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

Clayton

Population

1,110874

Median household income

$70,893$83,500

Median home value

$136,400$214,900

Median gross rent

$858$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsburg	Clayton
Under 5	5.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	23.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	17.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	8.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.4%
75 and over	5.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsburg	Clayton
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	11.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsburg	Clayton
No high school diploma	4.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	19.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsburg	Clayton
Drove alone	78.0%	91.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	2.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsburg	Clayton
1-unit, detached	76.1%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	4.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownsburg	Clayton
Poverty rate	6.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	2000	1955