Brown County, Indiana

Brown County has a population of 15,606 and has grown 2.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $269,100, about 3.4 times the county's median household income of $78,528.

Home price
$269,100
Income
$78,528
Population
15,606
Unemployment
2.2%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$269,100county
Median gross rent$895county
Median year homes here were built1982county
Share of homes built before 198047.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant20.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented13.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use14.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,358(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,473county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,267county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,907county
Home insurance / yr$2,887(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living91(statewide)
Median household income$78,528county
Family health premium / yr$24,725(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$14,471(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.488(statewide)
Poverty rate7.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home13.6%county
Unemployment rate2.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force59.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.3%county
Share of workers employed by government15.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.3%county
Economic output per resident$28,358county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.44%county
Top state income tax2.95%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.95%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.00%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time36.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service34 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5181947county
Miles to nearest general aviation field15 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station36 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.5%county
Traffic deaths6.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher26.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.2%county
Public schools in the county5county
Public school enrollment1549county
Students per full-time teacher13.2county
Free lunch eligible49.3%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution18 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians32county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year10.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.2%county
Frequent mental distress15.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population15,606county
Land area in square miles312county
People per square mile of land50.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store2.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+2.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age51.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1816.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over26.6%county
Share of households that are one person21.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.0%county
Second languages2.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls29.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents168county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents16county
Households that moved in549county
Households that moved away525county
Average income of arriving households$80,355county
Average income of departing households$76,589county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes7county
Housing units authorised in the latest year59county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate313(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature53.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation49.1 incounty
Annual snowfall32.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.07 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F17 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing113 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6b(statewide)
Frost-free days184 days(statewide)

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$170county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh14.6¢county
Household electricity use1,081 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.14(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity41.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas14.3%county
Homes heated by propane33.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.0%county
Homes heated by wood8.8%county
Households with broadband88.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk38.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk20.6county
Landslide risk57.6county
Hail risk22.9county
Earthquake risk42.5county
Tornado risk51.1county
Tropical cyclone risk7.1county
Extreme heat risk33.0county
Winter weather risk38.9county
Strong wind risk43.4county
Wildfire risk8.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Brown County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Indiana figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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