Brown County vs Tipton County

A side-by-side comparison of Brown County and Tipton County: population, income, housing, and more.

Brown County and Tipton County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brown County has the higher population (15,543 vs 15,329 in Tipton County). Tipton County has the higher median household income ($78,309 vs $72,644 in Brown County). Brown County has the higher median home value ($242,500 vs $166,000 in Tipton County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Tipton County
Population	15,543	15,329
Median age	50.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,644	$78,309
Median home value	$242,500	$166,000
Median gross rent	$960	$854
Housing units	8,540	6,836
Homeownership rate	85.9%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Tipton County
Population	15,064 → 15,543 (+3.2%)	15,162 → 15,329 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$61,030 → $72,644 (+19.0%)	$58,118 → $78,309 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $242,500 (+26.5%)	$116,000 → $166,000 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $960 (+14.1%)	$798 → $854 (+7.0%)

Brown County

Population

15,06415,543

Median household income

$61,030$72,644

Median home value

$191,700$242,500

Median gross rent

$841$960

Tipton County

Population

15,16215,329

Median household income

$58,118$78,309

Median home value

$116,000$166,000

Median gross rent

$798$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Tipton County
Under 5	4.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	17.0%	12.5%
75 and over	9.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Tipton County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Tipton County
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	39.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Tipton County
Drove alone	76.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	13.2%	7.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Tipton County
1-unit, detached	87.2%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Tipton County
Poverty rate	8.6%	11.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1982	1963