Brownville vs Forsgate

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

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

Brownville has the higher population (2,267 vs 2,094 in Forsgate). Forsgate has the higher median household income ($235,357 vs $86,518 in Brownville). Forsgate has the higher median home value ($645,400 vs $368,100 in Brownville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownville	Forsgate
Population	2,267	2,094
Median age	45.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,518	$235,357
Median home value	$368,100	$645,400
Median gross rent	$2,083	—
Housing units	1,038	760
Homeownership rate	89.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	77.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownville	Forsgate
Population	2,554 → 2,267 (-11.2%)	1,803 → 2,094 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$116,250 → $86,518 (-25.6%)	$208,750 → $235,357 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$268,200 → $368,100 (+37.2%)	$532,700 → $645,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,016 → $2,083 (+3.3%)	—

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

Forsgate

Population

1,8032,094

Median household income

$208,750$235,357

Median home value

$532,700$645,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownville	Forsgate
Under 5	3.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	24.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	20.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	26.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.1%
75 and over	3.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownville	Forsgate
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	19.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	68.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownville	Forsgate
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.7%
High school graduate	37.1%	4.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	34.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	42.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownville	Forsgate
Drove alone	68.0%	37.1%
Carpooled	0.2%	0.0%
Public transit	7.9%	14.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	44.6%
Other means	3.3%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownville	Forsgate
1-unit, detached	40.2%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	53.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownville	Forsgate
Poverty rate	11.9%	3.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	40	53
Median year structure built	1983	1999