Brodhead vs Browntown

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

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

Brodhead has the higher population (3,205 vs 262 in Browntown). Browntown has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $49,531 in Brodhead). Brodhead has the higher median home value ($167,600 vs $113,200 in Browntown).

Population, income & housing

	Brodhead	Browntown
Population	3,205	262
Median age	43.7 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,531	$70,500
Median home value	$167,600	$113,200
Median gross rent	$691	$775
Housing units	1,618	118
Homeownership rate	65.0%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brodhead	Browntown
Population	3,240 → 3,205 (-1.1%)	258 → 262 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$43,649 → $49,531 (+13.5%)	$52,500 → $70,500 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $167,600 (+45.6%)	$89,500 → $113,200 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $691 (-5.0%)	$850 → $775 (-8.8%)

Brodhead

Population

3,2403,205

Median household income

$43,649$49,531

Median home value

$115,100$167,600

Median gross rent

$727$691

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)

	Brodhead	Browntown
Under 5	3.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	12.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	17.9%
65 to 74	6.1%	13.4%
75 and over	12.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brodhead	Browntown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	0.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	14.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brodhead	Browntown
No high school diploma	5.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	52.6%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brodhead	Browntown
Drove alone	86.6%	86.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brodhead	Browntown
1-unit, detached	67.1%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Brodhead	Browntown
Poverty rate	16.2%	15.6%
Average household size	2.02	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1957	1955