Brownlee Park vs Homer

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

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

Brownlee Park has the higher population (2,037 vs 1,584 in Homer). Homer has the higher median household income ($49,271 vs $31,653 in Brownlee Park). Homer has the higher median home value ($119,600 vs $73,200 in Brownlee Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brownlee Park	Homer
Population	2,037	1,584
Median age	41.2 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,653	$49,271
Median home value	$73,200	$119,600
Median gross rent	$587	$734
Housing units	865	699
Homeownership rate	69.6%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownlee Park	Homer
Population	1,686 → 2,037 (+20.8%)	1,648 → 1,584 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$29,493 → $31,653 (+7.3%)	$39,063 → $49,271 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$47,600 → $73,200 (+53.8%)	$84,700 → $119,600 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $587 (-25.5%)	$635 → $734 (+15.6%)

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

Homer

Population

1,6481,584

Median household income

$39,063$49,271

Median home value

$84,700$119,600

Median gross rent

$635$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownlee Park	Homer
Under 5	6.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	11.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	15.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.1%
75 and over	3.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownlee Park	Homer
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	92.2%
Black or African American	5.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownlee Park	Homer
No high school diploma	29.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	38.0%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownlee Park	Homer
Drove alone	92.1%	84.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownlee Park	Homer
1-unit, detached	84.2%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Brownlee Park	Homer
Poverty rate	35.5%	15.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1951	1958