Albion vs Brownlee Park

A side-by-side comparison of Albion and Brownlee Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Albion and Brownlee Park are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Albion has the higher population (7,608 vs 2,037 in Brownlee Park). Albion has the higher median household income ($40,040 vs $31,653 in Brownlee Park). Albion has the higher median home value ($91,100 vs $73,200 in Brownlee Park).

Population, income & housing

	Albion	Brownlee Park
Population	7,608	2,037
Median age	25.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,040	$31,653
Median home value	$91,100	$73,200
Median gross rent	$769	$587
Housing units	2,901	865
Homeownership rate	61.6%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albion	Brownlee Park
Population	8,336 → 7,608 (-8.7%)	1,686 → 2,037 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$34,467 → $40,040 (+16.2%)	$29,493 → $31,653 (+7.3%)
Median home value	$56,800 → $91,100 (+60.4%)	$47,600 → $73,200 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $769 (+13.1%)	$788 → $587 (-25.5%)

Albion

Population

8,3367,608

Median household income

$34,467$40,040

Median home value

$56,800$91,100

Median gross rent

$680$769

Brownlee Park

Population

1,6862,037

Median household income

$29,493$31,653

Median home value

$47,600$73,200

Median gross rent

$788$587

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albion	Brownlee Park
Under 5	6.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	24.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	6.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	12.8%
75 and over	5.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albion	Brownlee Park
White (non-Hispanic)	56.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	32.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albion	Brownlee Park
No high school diploma	12.3%	29.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albion	Brownlee Park
Drove alone	68.8%	92.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	11.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	2.5%
Other means	2.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albion	Brownlee Park
1-unit, detached	73.6%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Albion	Brownlee Park
Poverty rate	27.2%	35.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1940	1951