Brownsburg vs Danville

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

Brownsburg and Danville 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 11,049 in Danville). Brownsburg has the higher median household income ($105,435 vs $93,080 in Danville). Brownsburg has the higher median home value ($282,800 vs $269,400 in Danville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsburg	Danville
Population	30,310	11,049
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$105,435	$93,080
Median home value	$282,800	$269,400
Median gross rent	$1,405	$1,118
Housing units	11,181	4,364
Homeownership rate	73.0%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsburg	Danville
Population	26,046 → 30,310 (+16.4%)	9,923 → 11,049 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$78,877 → $105,435 (+33.7%)	$77,806 → $93,080 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$195,700 → $282,800 (+44.5%)	$161,900 → $269,400 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,405 (+23.8%)	$865 → $1,118 (+29.2%)

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

Danville

Population

9,92311,049

Median household income

$77,806$93,080

Median home value

$161,900$269,400

Median gross rent

$865$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsburg	Danville
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.0%
75 and over	5.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsburg	Danville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	91.7%
Black or African American	11.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsburg	Danville
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	19.8%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsburg	Danville
Drove alone	78.0%	79.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.9%	9.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsburg	Danville
1-unit, detached	76.1%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	10.9%
20 or more units	4.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Brownsburg	Danville
Poverty rate	6.4%	3.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	2000	1991