Albany vs Browntown

A side-by-side comparison of Albany and Browntown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Albany has the higher population (1,065 vs 262 in Browntown). Albany has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $70,500 in Browntown). Albany has the higher median home value ($166,800 vs $113,200 in Browntown).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Browntown
Population	1,065	262
Median age	39.3 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	$70,500
Median home value	$166,800	$113,200
Median gross rent	$864	$775
Housing units	448	118
Homeownership rate	59.7%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Browntown
Population	1,153 → 1,065 (-7.6%)	258 → 262 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$48,456 → $71,875 (+48.3%)	$52,500 → $70,500 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $166,800 (+27.0%)	$89,500 → $113,200 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $864 (+24.0%)	$850 → $775 (-8.8%)

Albany

Population

1,1531,065

Median household income

$48,456$71,875

Median home value

$131,300$166,800

Median gross rent

$697$864

Browntown

Population

258262

Median household income

$52,500$70,500

Median home value

$89,500$113,200

Median gross rent

$850$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Browntown
Under 5	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	8.8%
35 to 44	18.5%	14.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	17.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	13.4%
75 and over	4.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Browntown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Browntown
No high school diploma	8.7%	8.4%
High school graduate	33.2%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Browntown
Drove alone	91.3%	86.6%
Carpooled	2.2%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Browntown
1-unit, detached	64.1%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Browntown
Poverty rate	10.3%	15.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1938	1955