Brownstown vs Crothersville

A side-by-side comparison of Brownstown and Crothersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brownstown has the higher population (3,020 vs 1,701 in Crothersville). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($62,222 vs $52,039 in Crothersville). Brownstown has the higher median home value ($138,100 vs $112,800 in Crothersville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Crothersville
Population	3,020	1,701
Median age	40.8 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,222	$52,039
Median home value	$138,100	$112,800
Median gross rent	$810	$967
Housing units	1,223	696
Homeownership rate	80.1%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Crothersville
Population	2,923 → 3,020 (+3.3%)	1,788 → 1,701 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$48,348 → $62,222 (+28.7%)	$48,958 → $52,039 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $138,100 (+43.0%)	$82,300 → $112,800 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $810 (+9.2%)	$765 → $967 (+26.4%)

Brownstown

Population

2,9233,020

Median household income

$48,348$62,222

Median home value

$96,600$138,100

Median gross rent

$742$810

Crothersville

Population

1,7881,701

Median household income

$48,958$52,039

Median home value

$82,300$112,800

Median gross rent

$765$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Crothersville
Under 5	8.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	25.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	16.7%	4.9%
75 and over	12.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Crothersville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Crothersville
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	36.5%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Crothersville
Drove alone	83.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	14.3%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Crothersville
1-unit, detached	58.1%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Crothersville
Poverty rate	9.1%	22.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1977	1966