Browns Crossing vs Painted Hills

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

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

Painted Hills has the higher population (983 vs 731 in Browns Crossing). Browns Crossing has the higher median household income ($155,467 vs $90,662 in Painted Hills). Since 2019, Painted Hills's population has grown faster (+84.8% vs +7.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Browns Crossing	Painted Hills
Population	731	983
Median age	27.3 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$155,467	$90,662
Median home value	—	$241,600
Housing units	174	457
Homeownership rate	76.4%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	24.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browns Crossing	Painted Hills
Population	683 → 731 (+7.0%)	532 → 983 (+84.8%)
Median household income	$125,788 → $155,467 (+23.6%)	$58,417 → $90,662 (+55.2%)
Median home value	—	$225,800 → $241,600 (+7.0%)

Browns Crossing

Population

683731

Median household income

$125,788$155,467

Painted Hills

Population

532983

Median household income

$58,417$90,662

Median home value

$225,800$241,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browns Crossing	Painted Hills
Under 5	5.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	37.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.2%
25 to 34	34.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	3.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	2.1%	34.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	19.0%
65 to 74	3.7%	9.7%
75 and over	0.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browns Crossing	Painted Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browns Crossing	Painted Hills
No high school diploma	19.3%	11.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browns Crossing	Painted Hills
Drove alone	68.0%	61.4%
Carpooled	12.0%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	38.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browns Crossing	Painted Hills
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Browns Crossing	Painted Hills
Poverty rate	1.7%	2.6%
Average household size	4.20	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1953	1977