Brownsville vs Liberty

A side-by-side comparison of Brownsville and Liberty: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Liberty has the higher population (1,958 vs 255 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($71,146 vs $46,801 in Liberty). Liberty has the higher median home value ($122,000 vs $113,800 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Liberty
Population	255	1,958
Median age	59.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,146	$46,801
Median home value	$113,800	$122,000
Median gross rent	—	$745
Housing units	96	1,080
Homeownership rate	90.6%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Liberty
Population	173 → 255 (+47.4%)	1,710 → 1,958 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$65,515 → $71,146 (+8.6%)	$45,139 → $46,801 (+3.7%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $113,800 (+3.0%)	$90,700 → $122,000 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$792 → $745 (-5.9%)

Brownsville

Population

173255

Median household income

$65,515$71,146

Median home value

$110,500$113,800

Liberty

Population

1,7101,958

Median household income

$45,139$46,801

Median home value

$90,700$122,000

Median gross rent

$792$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Liberty
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	7.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	37.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	3.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	4.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	16.9%	9.7%
75 and over	31.0%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Liberty
No high school diploma	23.6%	13.7%
High school graduate	44.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Liberty
Drove alone	100.0%	88.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Liberty
1-unit, detached	90.6%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Liberty
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1973	1956