Brookston vs Monticello

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

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

Monticello has the higher population (5,504 vs 1,703 in Brookston). Brookston has the higher median household income ($62,375 vs $50,138 in Monticello). Brookston has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $122,200 in Monticello).

Population, income & housing

	Brookston	Monticello
Population	1,703	5,504
Median age	38.0 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,375	$50,138
Median home value	$132,700	$122,200
Median gross rent	$895	$860
Housing units	747	2,798
Homeownership rate	73.8%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookston	Monticello
Population	1,513 → 1,703 (+12.6%)	5,262 → 5,504 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $62,375 (+27.9%)	$43,182 → $50,138 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $132,700 (+39.1%)	$95,900 → $122,200 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $895 (+17.6%)	$671 → $860 (+28.2%)

Brookston

Population

1,5131,703

Median household income

$48,750$62,375

Median home value

$95,400$132,700

Median gross rent

$761$895

Monticello

Population

5,2625,504

Median household income

$43,182$50,138

Median home value

$95,900$122,200

Median gross rent

$671$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookston	Monticello
Under 5	5.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.9%
75 and over	6.6%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookston	Monticello
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookston	Monticello
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.1%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookston	Monticello
Drove alone	84.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	15.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookston	Monticello
1-unit, detached	79.9%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookston	Monticello
Poverty rate	11.9%	12.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1968	1964