Browntown vs New Glarus

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

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

New Glarus has the higher population (2,276 vs 262 in Browntown). New Glarus has the higher median household income ($98,224 vs $70,500 in Browntown). New Glarus has the higher median home value ($267,600 vs $113,200 in Browntown).

Population, income & housing

	Browntown	New Glarus
Population	262	2,276
Median age	48.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$98,224
Median home value	$113,200	$267,600
Median gross rent	$775	$968
Housing units	118	961
Homeownership rate	76.8%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browntown	New Glarus
Population	258 → 262 (+1.6%)	1,990 → 2,276 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $70,500 (+34.3%)	$68,864 → $98,224 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$89,500 → $113,200 (+26.5%)	$165,100 → $267,600 (+62.1%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $775 (-8.8%)	$793 → $968 (+22.1%)

Browntown

Population

258262

Median household income

$52,500$70,500

Median home value

$89,500$113,200

Median gross rent

$850$775

New Glarus

Population

1,9902,276

Median household income

$68,864$98,224

Median home value

$165,100$267,600

Median gross rent

$793$968

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browntown	New Glarus
Under 5	5.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	22.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	17.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.0%
75 and over	5.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browntown	New Glarus
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browntown	New Glarus
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	59.4%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browntown	New Glarus
Drove alone	86.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	4.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	11.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browntown	New Glarus
1-unit, detached	85.6%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Browntown	New Glarus
Poverty rate	15.6%	2.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1955	1958