Brownsburg vs Plainfield

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

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

Plainfield has the higher population (35,783 vs 30,310 in Brownsburg). Brownsburg has the higher median household income ($105,435 vs $85,074 in Plainfield). Brownsburg has the higher median home value ($282,800 vs $263,900 in Plainfield).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsburg	Plainfield
Population	30,310	35,783
Median age	36.2 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,435	$85,074
Median home value	$282,800	$263,900
Median gross rent	$1,405	$1,313
Housing units	11,181	13,271
Homeownership rate	73.0%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsburg	Plainfield
Population	26,046 → 30,310 (+16.4%)	32,879 → 35,783 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$78,877 → $105,435 (+33.7%)	$61,046 → $85,074 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$195,700 → $282,800 (+44.5%)	$170,400 → $263,900 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,405 (+23.8%)	$1,001 → $1,313 (+31.2%)

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

Plainfield

Population

32,87935,783

Median household income

$61,046$85,074

Median home value

$170,400$263,900

Median gross rent

$1,001$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsburg	Plainfield
Under 5	5.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	23.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.9%
75 and over	5.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsburg	Plainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	72.3%
Black or African American	11.1%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsburg	Plainfield
No high school diploma	4.9%	10.1%
High school graduate	19.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsburg	Plainfield
Drove alone	78.0%	75.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.9%	12.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsburg	Plainfield
1-unit, detached	76.1%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	15.2%
20 or more units	4.3%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Brownsburg	Plainfield
Poverty rate	6.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	2000	1998