Brownsville vs Iron Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Brownsville and Iron Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownsville and Iron Ridge are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Iron Ridge has the higher population (931 vs 693 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($100,341 vs $74,609 in Iron Ridge). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($235,100 vs $199,600 in Iron Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Iron Ridge
Population	693	931
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,341	$74,609
Median home value	$235,100	$199,600
Median gross rent	$1,109	$1,257
Housing units	263	430
Homeownership rate	75.1%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Iron Ridge
Population	596 → 693 (+16.3%)	1,016 → 931 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$83,438 → $100,341 (+20.3%)	$64,107 → $74,609 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$173,700 → $235,100 (+35.3%)	$134,600 → $199,600 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $1,109 (+34.4%)	$792 → $1,257 (+58.7%)

Brownsville

Population

596693

Median household income

$83,438$100,341

Median home value

$173,700$235,100

Median gross rent

$825$1,109

Iron Ridge

Population

1,016931

Median household income

$64,107$74,609

Median home value

$134,600$199,600

Median gross rent

$792$1,257

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Iron Ridge
Under 5	4.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	16.9%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	18.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	21.2%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.5%
75 and over	3.6%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Iron Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Iron Ridge
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	34.4%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Iron Ridge
Drove alone	83.8%	80.5%
Carpooled	1.2%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Iron Ridge
1-unit, detached	83.3%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Iron Ridge
Poverty rate	4.2%	4.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1963	1976