Brownfields vs Monticello

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

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

Brownfields has the higher population (5,263 vs 4,677 in Monticello). Monticello has the higher median household income ($62,106 vs $50,809 in Brownfields). Brownfields has the higher median home value ($181,400 vs $165,700 in Monticello).

Population, income & housing

	Brownfields	Monticello
Population	5,263	4,677
Median age	38.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,809	$62,106
Median home value	$181,400	$165,700
Median gross rent	$958	$1,178
Housing units	1,992	1,749
Homeownership rate	68.9%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownfields	Monticello
Population	5,772 → 5,263 (-8.8%)	4,774 → 4,677 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$51,304 → $50,809 (-1.0%)	$53,538 → $62,106 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $181,400 (+34.9%)	$145,700 → $165,700 (+13.7%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $958 (+10.2%)	$974 → $1,178 (+20.9%)

Brownfields

Population

5,7725,263

Median household income

$51,304$50,809

Median home value

$134,500$181,400

Median gross rent

$869$958

Monticello

Population

4,7744,677

Median household income

$53,538$62,106

Median home value

$145,700$165,700

Median gross rent

$974$1,178

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownfields	Monticello
Under 5	2.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	22.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	15.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.9%
75 and over	6.6%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownfields	Monticello
White (non-Hispanic)	14.4%	3.5%
Black or African American	79.9%	92.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownfields	Monticello
No high school diploma	15.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	28.5%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownfields	Monticello
Drove alone	76.4%	89.4%
Carpooled	21.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	1.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownfields	Monticello
1-unit, detached	86.4%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownfields	Monticello
Poverty rate	27.8%	9.9%
Average household size	2.80	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1978	1979