Brownville vs Helmetta

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

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

Helmetta has the higher population (2,317 vs 2,267 in Brownville). Helmetta has the higher median household income ($104,143 vs $86,518 in Brownville). Brownville has the higher median home value ($368,100 vs $321,400 in Helmetta).

Population, income & housing

	Brownville	Helmetta
Population	2,267	2,317
Median age	45.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$86,518	$104,143
Median home value	$368,100	$321,400
Median gross rent	$2,083	$2,081
Housing units	1,038	1,008
Homeownership rate	89.1%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownville	Helmetta
Population	2,554 → 2,267 (-11.2%)	2,475 → 2,317 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$116,250 → $86,518 (-25.6%)	$93,056 → $104,143 (+11.9%)
Median home value	$268,200 → $368,100 (+37.2%)	$253,300 → $321,400 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,016 → $2,083 (+3.3%)	$1,770 → $2,081 (+17.6%)

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

Helmetta

Population

2,4752,317

Median household income

$93,056$104,143

Median home value

$253,300$321,400

Median gross rent

$1,770$2,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownville	Helmetta
Under 5	3.1%	9.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	9.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	18.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	17.3%
55 to 64	26.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.5%
75 and over	3.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownville	Helmetta
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	69.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownville	Helmetta
No high school diploma	1.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	37.1%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownville	Helmetta
Drove alone	68.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.2%	4.5%
Public transit	7.9%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.7%	10.5%
Other means	3.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownville	Helmetta
1-unit, detached	40.2%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	53.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	26.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	18.5%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Brownville	Helmetta
Poverty rate	11.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	40	32
Median year structure built	1983	1984