Brownington vs Tightwad

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

Brownington and Tightwad 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 79 in Tightwad). Tightwad has the higher median household income ($97,946 vs $37,917 in Brownington). Since 2019, Tightwad's population has grown faster (+6.8% vs -50.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Brownington	Tightwad
Population	80	79
Median age	55.5 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,917	$97,946
Median home value	$78,300	—
Housing units	52	41
Homeownership rate	94.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownington	Tightwad
Population	162 → 80 (-50.6%)	74 → 79 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$50,104 → $37,917 (-24.3%)	$71,667 → $97,946 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $78,300 (+46.4%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $1,050 (-1.2%)

Brownington

Population

16280

Median household income

$50,104$37,917

Median home value

$53,500$78,300

Tightwad

Population

7479

Median household income

$71,667$97,946

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownington	Tightwad
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	6.3%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.3%	6.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	3.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	3.8%
55 to 64	33.8%	32.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	32.9%
75 and over	10.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownington	Tightwad
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownington	Tightwad
No high school diploma	18.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	51.6%	65.7%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	7.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownington	Tightwad
Drove alone	63.0%	57.1%
Carpooled	25.9%	42.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownington	Tightwad
1-unit, detached	46.2%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Brownington	Tightwad
Poverty rate	38.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1988	1990