Brookston vs Chalmers

A side-by-side comparison of Brookston and Chalmers: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookston has the higher population (1,703 vs 518 in Chalmers). Chalmers has the higher median household income ($70,588 vs $62,375 in Brookston). Chalmers has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $132,700 in Brookston).

Population, income & housing

	Brookston	Chalmers
Population	1,703	518
Median age	38.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,375	$70,588
Median home value	$132,700	$154,000
Median gross rent	$895	$1,075
Housing units	747	229
Homeownership rate	73.8%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookston	Chalmers
Population	1,513 → 1,703 (+12.6%)	445 → 518 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $62,375 (+27.9%)	$58,977 → $70,588 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $132,700 (+39.1%)	$89,800 → $154,000 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $895 (+17.6%)	$750 → $1,075 (+43.3%)

Brookston

Population

1,5131,703

Median household income

$48,750$62,375

Median home value

$95,400$132,700

Median gross rent

$761$895

Chalmers

Population

445518

Median household income

$58,977$70,588

Median home value

$89,800$154,000

Median gross rent

$750$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookston	Chalmers
Under 5	5.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	12.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.9%
75 and over	6.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookston	Chalmers
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookston	Chalmers
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	44.1%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookston	Chalmers
Drove alone	84.4%	89.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookston	Chalmers
1-unit, detached	79.9%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Brookston	Chalmers
Poverty rate	11.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1968	1945