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Home values, rents and more in Brookston, IN

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$246,000
Metro: $228,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+5.8%
Metro: +4.5% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,530
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$63,182
Metro: $67,303 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Brookston, IN, shaded by typical home valueBrookston
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ZIP codes around Brookston, IN, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Brookston is outlined.

How Brookston compares

The typical home in Brookston, IN is worth about $246,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Brookston are 8% above the typical value in the Monticello metro area ($228,000) and 33% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Brookston rose 5.8%, compared with +4.5% in the Monticello metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $63,182, against $67,303 in the Monticello metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,530 people live in Brookston (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Brookston has the highest typical home value of the 8 cities in the Monticello metro area and the 247th-highest of 581 in Indiana with Zillow figures.

Part of: White County, IN · Monticello metro area · Indiana

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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