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Brownwood, TX

18,777 Population
14.9 square miles 1,258.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 41.8 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,291 ±$2,634 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: $31,180 ±$1,430
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,981 ±$8,219 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: $57,470 ±$4,278
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.9% ±4% (3,709  ±706) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 15.3% † 5,600 (±2.3% / ±822)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.1 minutes ±1.9 (114,675  ±17,221) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 18.9 298,950 (±1.4 / ±25,080)
  • about half the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,399 ±292 Number of households
  • the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 14,972 ±381
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (17,752  ±86) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 2.5 36,621 (±0.1 / ±70)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±2.4% (214  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 4.5% † 373 (±1.7% / ±142)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,671 ±306 Number of housing units
  • the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 19,246 ±63
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$144,400 ±$13,401 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: $158,900 ±$7,445
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19% ±3.2% (3,542  ±592) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 16.8% † 6,405 (±2.1% / ±805.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.1% ±6.1% (10,833  ±809.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 88.3% 23,924 (±3.9% / ±1,059.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19% ±3% (2,363  ±371.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 20.2% 5,467 (±1.9% / ±507.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half 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

5.1% ±1.8% (963  ±334) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 4.1% 1,553
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.3% ±1.1% (634  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Brownwood, TX Micro Area: 7.2% † 2,209 (±1% / ±308)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
634 Total veterans ±165 588 Male ±156 46 Female ±37

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