Brooksburg vs Hanover

A side-by-side comparison of Brooksburg and Hanover: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hanover has the higher population (3,584 vs 89 in Brooksburg). Brooksburg has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $126,300 in Hanover). Since 2019, Hanover's population has grown faster (+4.6% vs -21.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Brooksburg	Hanover
Population	89	3,584
Median age	61.1 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,194
Median home value	$131,300	$126,300
Median gross rent	—	$913
Housing units	69	1,066
Homeownership rate	61.9%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.3%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooksburg	Hanover
Population	113 → 89 (-21.2%)	3,427 → 3,584 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $50,313 (-4.2%)	$46,585 → $58,194 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $131,300 (+41.9%)	$95,200 → $126,300 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,031 (+1.7%)	$734 → $913 (+24.4%)

Brooksburg

Population

11389

Median household income

$52,500$50,313

Median home value

$92,500$131,300

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,031

Hanover

Population

3,4273,584

Median household income

$46,585$58,194

Median home value

$95,200$126,300

Median gross rent

$734$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooksburg	Hanover
Under 5	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	3.4%	10.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	29.1%
25 to 34	24.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	3.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	22.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	4.5%	6.3%
75 and over	31.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooksburg	Hanover
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooksburg	Hanover
No high school diploma	33.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	35.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooksburg	Hanover
Drove alone	89.1%	64.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.5%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooksburg	Hanover
1-unit, detached	98.6%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Brooksburg	Hanover
Poverty rate	19.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	37	19
Median year structure built	1938	1971