Browntown vs Monticello

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

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

Monticello has the higher population (1,186 vs 262 in Browntown). Monticello has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $70,500 in Browntown). Monticello has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $113,200 in Browntown).

Population, income & housing

	Browntown	Monticello
Population	262	1,186
Median age	48.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$70,625
Median home value	$113,200	$200,000
Median gross rent	$775	$822
Housing units	118	587
Homeownership rate	76.8%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browntown	Monticello
Population	258 → 262 (+1.6%)	1,092 → 1,186 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $70,500 (+34.3%)	$57,174 → $70,625 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$89,500 → $113,200 (+26.5%)	$136,800 → $200,000 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $775 (-8.8%)	$671 → $822 (+22.5%)

Browntown

Population

258262

Median household income

$52,500$70,500

Median home value

$89,500$113,200

Median gross rent

$850$775

Monticello

Population

1,0921,186

Median household income

$57,174$70,625

Median home value

$136,800$200,000

Median gross rent

$671$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browntown	Monticello
Under 5	5.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.9%	9.6%
45 to 54	17.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	17.9%	18.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	14.8%
75 and over	5.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browntown	Monticello
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browntown	Monticello
No high school diploma	8.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	59.4%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browntown	Monticello
Drove alone	86.6%	87.3%
Carpooled	4.5%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browntown	Monticello
1-unit, detached	85.6%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Browntown	Monticello
Poverty rate	15.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1955	1962