Brown City vs Croswell

A side-by-side comparison of Brown City and Croswell: population, income, housing, and more.

Brown City and Croswell are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Croswell has the higher population (2,667 vs 1,211 in Brown City). Brown City has the higher median household income ($60,357 vs $55,101 in Croswell). Croswell has the higher median home value ($136,500 vs $121,400 in Brown City).

Population, income & housing

	Brown City	Croswell
Population	1,211	2,667
Median age	41.8 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,357	$55,101
Median home value	$121,400	$136,500
Median gross rent	$805	$643
Housing units	520	1,185
Homeownership rate	69.1%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown City	Croswell
Population	1,201 → 1,211 (+0.8%)	2,466 → 2,667 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$39,438 → $60,357 (+53.0%)	$41,887 → $55,101 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $121,400 (+71.2%)	$82,300 → $136,500 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $805 (+22.9%)	$611 → $643 (+5.2%)

Brown City

Population

1,2011,211

Median household income

$39,438$60,357

Median home value

$70,900$121,400

Median gross rent

$655$805

Croswell

Population

2,4662,667

Median household income

$41,887$55,101

Median home value

$82,300$136,500

Median gross rent

$611$643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown City	Croswell
Under 5	3.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	16.9%
55 to 64	19.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.7%
75 and over	7.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown City	Croswell
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown City	Croswell
No high school diploma	9.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	51.3%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown City	Croswell
Drove alone	87.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	3.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown City	Croswell
1-unit, detached	73.1%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Brown City	Croswell
Poverty rate	17.0%	14.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1959	1958