Brookston vs Reynolds

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

Brookston and Reynolds 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 655 in Reynolds). Brookston has the higher median household income ($62,375 vs $55,625 in Reynolds). Brookston has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $105,900 in Reynolds).

Population, income & housing

	Brookston	Reynolds
Population	1,703	655
Median age	38.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,375	$55,625
Median home value	$132,700	$105,900
Median gross rent	$895	$1,104
Housing units	747	229
Homeownership rate	73.8%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookston	Reynolds
Population	1,513 → 1,703 (+12.6%)	505 → 655 (+29.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $62,375 (+27.9%)	$59,861 → $55,625 (-7.1%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $132,700 (+39.1%)	$88,700 → $105,900 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $895 (+17.6%)	$714 → $1,104 (+54.6%)

Brookston

Population

1,5131,703

Median household income

$48,750$62,375

Median home value

$95,400$132,700

Median gross rent

$761$895

Reynolds

Population

505655

Median household income

$59,861$55,625

Median home value

$88,700$105,900

Median gross rent

$714$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookston	Reynolds
Under 5	5.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	12.4%	14.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	7.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.9%
75 and over	6.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookston	Reynolds
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookston	Reynolds
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	44.1%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookston	Reynolds
Drove alone	84.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.3%	1.5%
Walked	2.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	13.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookston	Reynolds
1-unit, detached	79.9%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookston	Reynolds
Poverty rate	11.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1968	1954