Brownington vs Montrose

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

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

Montrose has the higher population (442 vs 80 in Brownington). Montrose has the higher median household income ($50,938 vs $37,917 in Brownington). Montrose has the higher median home value ($79,400 vs $78,300 in Brownington).

Population, income & housing

	Brownington	Montrose
Population	80	442
Median age	55.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,917	$50,938
Median home value	$78,300	$79,400
Median gross rent	—	$855
Housing units	52	213
Homeownership rate	94.9%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownington	Montrose
Population	162 → 80 (-50.6%)	388 → 442 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$50,104 → $37,917 (-24.3%)	$43,125 → $50,938 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $78,300 (+46.4%)	$66,300 → $79,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$479 → $855 (+78.5%)

Brownington

Population

16280

Median household income

$50,104$37,917

Median home value

$53,500$78,300

Montrose

Population

388442

Median household income

$43,125$50,938

Median home value

$66,300$79,400

Median gross rent

$479$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownington	Montrose
Under 5	5.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	11.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	19.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	33.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.3%
75 and over	10.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownington	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownington	Montrose
No high school diploma	18.8%	16.3%
High school graduate	51.6%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownington	Montrose
Drove alone	63.0%	89.4%
Carpooled	25.9%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownington	Montrose
1-unit, detached	46.2%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Brownington	Montrose
Poverty rate	38.8%	10.9%
Average household size	2.05	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	38	30
Median year structure built	1988	1970