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Brenham, TX

17,655 Population
13.1 square miles 1,352.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 41.9 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,592 ±$2,325 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: $39,147 ±$2,784
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
$52,664 ±$7,473 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: $70,043 ±$6,589
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227

18.2% ±4.8% (2,799  ±737) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 11.9% † 3,988 (±2.5% / ±844)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)

18.3 minutes ±2.5 (124,485  ±20,293) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 21.2 321,695 (±1.8 / ±31,547)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

6,668 ±304 Number of households
  • the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 14,482 ±426
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
2.3 ±0.1 (15,260  ±78) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 2.3 33,396 (±0.1 / ±74)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506

5.1% ±3.8% (227  ±173) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 5.3% † 390 (±2.6% / ±192)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)

Housing

7,249 ±310 Number of housing units
  • the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 17,083 ±52
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030

$193,600 ±$9,778 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: $248,300 ±$17,910
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621

19.3% ±4.3% (3,381  ±,753.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 13.6% † 4,841 (±2.3% / ±,805.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)

Social

86.5% ±6.6% (8,783  ±,759.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 89.7% 21,709 (±4.7% / ±1,177.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
28.3% ±4.3% (2,872  ±,450.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 28.9% 6,981 (±2.7% / ±,661.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 32.3% 6,101,787 (±0.1% / ±24,416.5)

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

5.4% ±2.2% (946  ±379) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 4.7% 1,684
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855

5% ±1.3% (665  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 7.1% † 1,986 (±1.3% / ±351)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
665 Total veterans ±176 561 Male ±157 104 Female ±78

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