Brownstown vs Freetown

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

Brownstown and Freetown 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 266 in Freetown). Brownstown has the higher median home value ($138,100 vs $117,600 in Freetown). Since 2019, Brownstown's population has grown faster (+3.3% vs -21.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Freetown
Population	3,020	266
Median age	40.8 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,222	—
Median home value	$138,100	$117,600
Median gross rent	$810	—
Housing units	1,223	112
Homeownership rate	80.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Freetown
Population	2,923 → 3,020 (+3.3%)	337 → 266 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$48,348 → $62,222 (+28.7%)	$64,167 → $68,646 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $138,100 (+43.0%)	$83,600 → $117,600 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $810 (+9.2%)	—

Brownstown

Population

2,9233,020

Median household income

$48,348$62,222

Median home value

$96,600$138,100

Median gross rent

$742$810

Freetown

Population

337266

Median household income

$64,167$68,646

Median home value

$83,600$117,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Freetown
Under 5	8.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	9.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	33.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	16.7%	12.4%
75 and over	12.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Freetown
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	97.0%
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%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Freetown
No high school diploma	8.1%	15.6%
High school graduate	36.5%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Freetown
Drove alone	83.7%	73.9%
Carpooled	14.3%	26.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Freetown
1-unit, detached	58.1%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Freetown
Poverty rate	9.1%	18.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1977	1982