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Brownsville, TN

9,622 Population
9.9 square miles 975.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Haywood County: 43.2 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,360 ±$2,426 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Haywood County: $28,041 ±$1,978
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,494 ±$3,894 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Haywood County: $50,472 † ±$5,777
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.7% ±5% (2,413  ±470) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Haywood County: 21.5% † 3,703 (±3.5% / ±600)
  • nearly double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±2.6 (84,915  ±12,058) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Haywood County: 26.7 185,345 (±2.3 / ±19,829)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,856 ±226 Number of households
  • Haywood County: 7,167 ±228
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (9,430  ±20) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Haywood County: 2.4 17,261 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±3.6% (85  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Haywood County: 4.8% † 184 (±2.3% / ±88)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,322 ±201 Number of housing units
  • Haywood County: 8,260 ±29
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,100 ±$18,397 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Haywood County: $152,400 † ±$18,940
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±2.8% (904  ±265.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Haywood County: 9.5% † 1,638 (±2.2% / ±375.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.8% ±6.4% (5,452  ±444.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Haywood County: 83.2% 10,248 (±4.8% / ±590.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.7% ±3% (955  ±196.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Haywood County: 14.5% † 1,781 (±2.1% / ±259.2)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±0.7% (119  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Haywood County: 1.5% 266
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±1.6% (337  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Haywood County: 4.9% † 668 (±1.1% / ±152)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
337 Total veterans ±117 276 Male ±103 61 Female ±53

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