Brookston vs Monon

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

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

Monon has the higher population (1,764 vs 1,703 in Brookston). Brookston has the higher median household income ($62,375 vs $52,569 in Monon). Brookston has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $84,600 in Monon).

Population, income & housing

	Brookston	Monon
Population	1,703	1,764
Median age	38.0 yrs	27.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,375	$52,569
Median home value	$132,700	$84,600
Median gross rent	$895	$941
Housing units	747	661
Homeownership rate	73.8%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookston	Monon
Population	1,513 → 1,703 (+12.6%)	1,833 → 1,764 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $62,375 (+27.9%)	$41,981 → $52,569 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $132,700 (+39.1%)	$75,800 → $84,600 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $895 (+17.6%)	$696 → $941 (+35.2%)

Brookston

Population

1,5131,703

Median household income

$48,750$62,375

Median home value

$95,400$132,700

Median gross rent

$761$895

Monon

Population

1,8331,764

Median household income

$41,981$52,569

Median home value

$75,800$84,600

Median gross rent

$696$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookston	Monon
Under 5	5.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	24.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	13.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	6.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	6.9%
75 and over	6.6%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookston	Monon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	37.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	60.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookston	Monon
No high school diploma	4.8%	39.0%
High school graduate	44.1%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookston	Monon
Drove alone	84.4%	75.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	22.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookston	Monon
1-unit, detached	79.9%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Brookston	Monon
Poverty rate	11.9%	16.1%
Average household size	2.45	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1968	1948