Indiana · Census place 08146
Brookston, IN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Brookston, Indiana (Brookston, IN — Census place “Brookston town”) is 1,703 residents, ranking #261 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $62,375, the median home is worth $132,700 and median gross rent runs $895 a month. Looking for the Brookston Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Brookston, IN: 47923.
- Population
- 1,703Brookston town residents
- Median household income
- $62,375Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $132,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $895Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 73.8%Owner-occupied households
Brookston ZIP codes (Indiana)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Brookston.
The Brookston IN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Brookston town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Brookston town median would spend about 17.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.9% of residents and 73.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Brookston town, IN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Brookston town is a small town in Indiana, with 1,703 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #261 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 38 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Brookston town earn a median of $62,375 a year, 20.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 11.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Brookston town is valued at $132,700, 56.3% below the national figure and 9% below the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $895 a month, 36.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,740 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 73.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Indiana.
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- Arcadia town 1,696
- Hagerstown town 1,710
- Foxcliff Estates CDP 1,693
- Clermont town 1,740
- Westport town 1,666
- Haubstadt town 1,754
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Brookston town?
- Brookston town has 1,703 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #261 of 976 in Indiana.
- What is the median household income in Brookston town?
- Median household income in Brookston town is $62,375 a year, 20.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brookston town?
- Median gross rent is $895 a month and the median home value is $132,700, so rent absorbs about 17.2% of median household income.
- Is Brookston town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brookston town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Brookston town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.