Brownsburg vs Pittsboro

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

Brownsburg and Pittsboro 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 3,988 in Pittsboro). Pittsboro has the higher median household income ($125,133 vs $105,435 in Brownsburg). Pittsboro has the higher median home value ($289,700 vs $282,800 in Brownsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsburg	Pittsboro
Population	30,310	3,988
Median age	36.2 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,435	$125,133
Median home value	$282,800	$289,700
Median gross rent	$1,405	—
Housing units	11,181	1,442
Homeownership rate	73.0%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsburg	Pittsboro
Population	26,046 → 30,310 (+16.4%)	3,396 → 3,988 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$78,877 → $105,435 (+33.7%)	$77,500 → $125,133 (+61.5%)
Median home value	$195,700 → $282,800 (+44.5%)	$162,400 → $289,700 (+78.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,405 (+23.8%)	$922 → $1,012 (+9.8%)

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

Pittsboro

Population

3,3963,988

Median household income

$77,500$125,133

Median home value

$162,400$289,700

Median gross rent

$922$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsburg	Pittsboro
Under 5	5.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	23.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.7%
75 and over	5.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsburg	Pittsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	81.7%
Black or African American	11.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	3.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsburg	Pittsboro
No high school diploma	4.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	19.8%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsburg	Pittsboro
Drove alone	78.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	15.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsburg	Pittsboro
1-unit, detached	76.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownsburg	Pittsboro
Poverty rate	6.4%	0.3%
Average household size	2.79	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	2000	2004