Brownville vs Cranbury

A side-by-side comparison of Brownville and Cranbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownville and Cranbury are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cranbury has the higher population (2,304 vs 2,267 in Brownville). Cranbury has the higher median household income ($230,703 vs $86,518 in Brownville). Cranbury has the higher median home value ($794,500 vs $368,100 in Brownville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownville	Cranbury
Population	2,267	2,304
Median age	45.3 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,518	$230,703
Median home value	$368,100	$794,500
Median gross rent	$2,083	$1,594
Housing units	1,038	856
Homeownership rate	89.1%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	75.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownville	Cranbury
Population	2,554 → 2,267 (-11.2%)	1,919 → 2,304 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$116,250 → $86,518 (-25.6%)	$164,722 → $230,703 (+40.1%)
Median home value	$268,200 → $368,100 (+37.2%)	$733,900 → $794,500 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,016 → $2,083 (+3.3%)	$1,572 → $1,594 (+1.4%)

Brownville

Population

2,5542,267

Median household income

$116,250$86,518

Median home value

$268,200$368,100

Median gross rent

$2,016$2,083

Cranbury

Population

1,9192,304

Median household income

$164,722$230,703

Median home value

$733,900$794,500

Median gross rent

$1,572$1,594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownville	Cranbury
Under 5	3.1%	0.6%
5 to 17	12.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	16.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	26.9%	21.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.5%
75 and over	3.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownville	Cranbury
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	63.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	23.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownville	Cranbury
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.8%
High school graduate	37.1%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	39.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownville	Cranbury
Drove alone	68.0%	50.8%
Carpooled	0.2%	3.7%
Public transit	7.9%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	37.1%
Other means	3.3%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownville	Cranbury
1-unit, detached	40.2%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	53.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownville	Cranbury
Poverty rate	11.9%	4.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	40	38
Median year structure built	1983	1966