Blairstown vs Brownington

A side-by-side comparison of Blairstown and Brownington: population, income, housing, and more.

Blairstown and Brownington are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brownington has the higher population (80 vs 60 in Blairstown). Blairstown has the higher median household income ($55,156 vs $37,917 in Brownington). Brownington has the higher median home value ($78,300 vs $58,800 in Blairstown).

Population, income & housing

	Blairstown	Brownington
Population	60	80
Median age	58.6 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,156	$37,917
Median home value	$58,800	$78,300
Housing units	46	52
Homeownership rate	88.9%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	18.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairstown	Brownington
Population	74 → 60 (-18.9%)	162 → 80 (-50.6%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $55,156 (+29.8%)	$50,104 → $37,917 (-24.3%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $58,800 (-34.7%)	$53,500 → $78,300 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,000 (+29.0%)	—

Blairstown

Population

7460

Median household income

$42,500$55,156

Median home value

$90,000$58,800

Median gross rent

$775$1,000

Brownington

Population

16280

Median household income

$50,104$37,917

Median home value

$53,500$78,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairstown	Brownington
Under 5	3.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	1.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	5.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	21.7%	33.8%
65 to 74	18.3%	8.8%
75 and over	15.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairstown	Brownington
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairstown	Brownington
No high school diploma	9.8%	18.8%
High school graduate	49.0%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairstown	Brownington
Drove alone	100.0%	63.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	25.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairstown	Brownington
1-unit, detached	73.9%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	50.0%

Poverty & households

	Blairstown	Brownington
Poverty rate	16.7%	38.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	49	38
Median year structure built	1943	1988