Brownstown vs Rockford

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

Brownstown and Rockford 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 761 in Rockford). Rockford has the higher median household income ($236,339 vs $62,222 in Brownstown). Rockford has the higher median home value ($273,200 vs $138,100 in Brownstown).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Rockford
Population	3,020	761
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,222	$236,339
Median home value	$138,100	$273,200
Median gross rent	$810	—
Housing units	1,223	270
Homeownership rate	80.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Rockford
Population	2,923 → 3,020 (+3.3%)	703 → 761 (+8.3%)
Median household income	$48,348 → $62,222 (+28.7%)	$174,010 → $236,339 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $138,100 (+43.0%)	$242,800 → $273,200 (+12.5%)
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

Rockford

Population

703761

Median household income

$174,010$236,339

Median home value

$242,800$273,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Rockford
Under 5	8.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	8.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.0%	23.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	16.7%	5.7%
75 and over	12.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	94.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Rockford
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	36.5%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	32.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Rockford
Drove alone	83.7%	71.1%
Carpooled	14.3%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Rockford
1-unit, detached	58.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Rockford
Poverty rate	9.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	21	13
Median year structure built	1977	1991