Brookston vs Wolcott

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

Brookston and Wolcott 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 1,044 in Wolcott). Wolcott has the higher median household income ($70,938 vs $62,375 in Brookston). Brookston has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $112,500 in Wolcott).

Population, income & housing

	Brookston	Wolcott
Population	1,703	1,044
Median age	38.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,375	$70,938
Median home value	$132,700	$112,500
Median gross rent	$895	$875
Housing units	747	436
Homeownership rate	73.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookston	Wolcott
Population	1,513 → 1,703 (+12.6%)	1,103 → 1,044 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $62,375 (+27.9%)	$58,438 → $70,938 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $132,700 (+39.1%)	$93,500 → $112,500 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $895 (+17.6%)	$699 → $875 (+25.2%)

Brookston

Population

1,5131,703

Median household income

$48,750$62,375

Median home value

$95,400$132,700

Median gross rent

$761$895

Wolcott

Population

1,1031,044

Median household income

$58,438$70,938

Median home value

$93,500$112,500

Median gross rent

$699$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookston	Wolcott
Under 5	5.0%	10.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.7%
75 and over	6.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookston	Wolcott
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookston	Wolcott
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.1%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookston	Wolcott
Drove alone	84.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	13.8%
Public transit	0.3%	1.2%
Walked	2.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookston	Wolcott
1-unit, detached	79.9%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookston	Wolcott
Poverty rate	11.9%	9.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1968	1951