Brownville vs Chaumont

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

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

Chaumont has the higher population (640 vs 538 in Brownville). Brownville has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $73,750 in Chaumont). Chaumont has the higher median home value ($199,000 vs $182,100 in Brownville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownville	Chaumont
Population	538	640
Median age	51.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$73,750
Median home value	$182,100	$199,000
Median gross rent	$763	$788
Housing units	297	299
Homeownership rate	73.6%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownville	Chaumont
Population	849 → 538 (-36.6%)	753 → 640 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$47,750 → $78,750 (+64.9%)	$56,250 → $73,750 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$157,300 → $182,100 (+15.8%)	$154,200 → $199,000 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $763 (-6.8%)	$888 → $788 (-11.3%)

Brownville

Population

849538

Median household income

$47,750$78,750

Median home value

$157,300$182,100

Median gross rent

$819$763

Chaumont

Population

753640

Median household income

$56,250$73,750

Median home value

$154,200$199,000

Median gross rent

$888$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownville	Chaumont
Under 5	7.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	23.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	21.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	12.3%
75 and over	11.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownville	Chaumont
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	88.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownville	Chaumont
No high school diploma	0.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	37.2%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownville	Chaumont
Drove alone	92.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.1%
Public transit	0.8%	1.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownville	Chaumont
1-unit, detached	83.8%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brownville	Chaumont
Poverty rate	3.6%	12.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1945	1938