About Brownstown

Brownstown is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 3,034 people and just one neighborhood, Brownstown is the 189th largest community in Indiana.

Brownstown is a blue-collar town, with 40.5% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Brownstown is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brownstown who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.63%), sales jobs (9.32%), and food service (5.80%).

Brownstown is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Brownstown isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.67% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Brownstown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Brownstown Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Brownstown is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 11.63% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Brownstown in 2000 was $15,525, which is lower middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,100 for a family of four.

The people who call Brownstown home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brownstown is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brownstown include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Brownstown is English. Some people also speak Spanish.