Brookville vs Union

A side-by-side comparison of Brookville and Union: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Union has the higher population (6,930 vs 6,234 in Brookville). Union has the higher median household income ($68,837 vs $62,569 in Brookville). Brookville has the higher median home value ($170,900 vs $138,800 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	Brookville	Union
Population	6,234	6,930
Median age	44.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,569	$68,837
Median home value	$170,900	$138,800
Median gross rent	$917	$1,106
Housing units	2,660	3,016
Homeownership rate	61.8%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookville	Union
Population	5,919 → 6,234 (+5.3%)	6,628 → 6,930 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$52,007 → $62,569 (+20.3%)	$70,360 → $68,837 (-2.2%)
Median home value	$131,400 → $170,900 (+30.1%)	$100,000 → $138,800 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $917 (+34.5%)	$1,051 → $1,106 (+5.2%)

Brookville

Population

5,9196,234

Median household income

$52,007$62,569

Median home value

$131,400$170,900

Median gross rent

$682$917

Union

Population

6,6286,930

Median household income

$70,360$68,837

Median home value

$100,000$138,800

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookville	Union
Under 5	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.7%
75 and over	14.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookville	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookville	Union
No high school diploma	7.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	43.5%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookville	Union
Drove alone	87.5%	91.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookville	Union
1-unit, detached	72.0%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookville	Union
Poverty rate	7.1%	8.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1976	1976