Brownstown vs Medora

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

Brownstown and Medora 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 993 in Medora). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($62,222 vs $60,625 in Medora). Brownstown has the higher median home value ($138,100 vs $76,400 in Medora).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Medora
Population	3,020	993
Median age	40.8 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,222	$60,625
Median home value	$138,100	$76,400
Median gross rent	$810	$960
Housing units	1,223	367
Homeownership rate	80.1%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Medora
Population	2,923 → 3,020 (+3.3%)	618 → 993 (+60.7%)
Median household income	$48,348 → $62,222 (+28.7%)	$39,038 → $60,625 (+55.3%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $138,100 (+43.0%)	$51,700 → $76,400 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $810 (+9.2%)	$770 → $960 (+24.7%)

Brownstown

Population

2,9233,020

Median household income

$48,348$62,222

Median home value

$96,600$138,100

Median gross rent

$742$810

Medora

Population

618993

Median household income

$39,038$60,625

Median home value

$51,700$76,400

Median gross rent

$770$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Medora
Under 5	8.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	22.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	6.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	16.7%	8.5%
75 and over	12.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Medora
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Medora
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	36.5%	60.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Medora
Drove alone	83.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	14.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Medora
1-unit, detached	58.1%	70.0%
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%	30.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Medora
Poverty rate	9.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.38	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1977	1956