Brooklyn vs Browns Crossing

A side-by-side comparison of Brooklyn and Browns Crossing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brooklyn has the higher population (2,410 vs 731 in Browns Crossing). Browns Crossing has the higher median household income ($155,467 vs $60,742 in Brooklyn). Since 2019, Brooklyn's population has grown faster (+70.1% vs +7.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Brooklyn	Browns Crossing
Population	2,410	731
Median age	34.0 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,742	$155,467
Median home value	$117,800	—
Median gross rent	$954	—
Housing units	926	174
Homeownership rate	78.8%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooklyn	Browns Crossing
Population	1,417 → 2,410 (+70.1%)	683 → 731 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$57,000 → $60,742 (+6.6%)	$125,788 → $155,467 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$127,900 → $117,800 (-7.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$932 → $954 (+2.4%)	—

Brooklyn

Population

1,4172,410

Median household income

$57,000$60,742

Median home value

$127,900$117,800

Median gross rent

$932$954

Browns Crossing

Population

683731

Median household income

$125,788$155,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooklyn	Browns Crossing
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	37.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	19.0%	34.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	3.3%
45 to 54	10.3%	2.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	3.7%
75 and over	2.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooklyn	Browns Crossing
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooklyn	Browns Crossing
No high school diploma	13.5%	19.3%
High school graduate	42.2%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooklyn	Browns Crossing
Drove alone	82.4%	68.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	20.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooklyn	Browns Crossing
1-unit, detached	56.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooklyn	Browns Crossing
Poverty rate	10.0%	1.7%
Average household size	2.67	4.20
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1991	1953