Brunersburg vs Defiance

A side-by-side comparison of Brunersburg and Defiance: population, income, housing, and more.

Brunersburg and Defiance are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Defiance has the higher population (16,830 vs 364 in Brunersburg). Brunersburg has the higher median household income ($104,773 vs $63,118 in Defiance). Brunersburg has the higher median home value ($188,500 vs $134,600 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Brunersburg	Defiance
Population	364	16,830
Median age	46.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,773	$63,118
Median home value	$188,500	$134,600
Median gross rent	—	$841
Housing units	116	7,924
Homeownership rate	96.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunersburg	Defiance
Population	281 → 364 (+29.5%)	16,990 → 16,830 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$71,458 → $104,773 (+46.6%)	$49,628 → $63,118 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $188,500 (+56.4%)	$112,900 → $134,600 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$724 → $841 (+16.2%)

Brunersburg

Population

281364

Median household income

$71,458$104,773

Median home value

$120,500$188,500

Defiance

Population

16,99016,830

Median household income

$49,628$63,118

Median home value

$112,900$134,600

Median gross rent

$724$841

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunersburg	Defiance
Under 5	2.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	24.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	4.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	22.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.0%
75 and over	7.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunersburg	Defiance
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunersburg	Defiance
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	28.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	63.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunersburg	Defiance
Drove alone	100.0%	85.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunersburg	Defiance
1-unit, detached	100.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Brunersburg	Defiance
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.7%
Average household size	3.14	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1948	1963