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Brenham, TX

18,641 Population
13.1 square miles 1,427.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 40.9 ±1.6
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,724 ±$2,993 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: $43,255 ±$3,344
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,112 ±$9,188 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: $77,825 ±$5,635
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.9% ±3.7% (3,093  ±612) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 13.4% † 4,574 (±2% / ±680)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.6 minutes ±2.1 (128,195  ±18,133) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 23.1 352,655 (±1.8 / ±31,043)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,659 ±313 Number of households
  • the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 15,481 ±360
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (16,274  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 2.2 34,266 (±0.1 / ±57)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±2.9% (181  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 5.2% † 390 (±2.2% / ±168)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,306 ±323 Number of housing units
  • the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 17,642 ±46
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$241,100 ±$12,066 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: $288,100 ±$13,436
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.7% ±3.5% (4,008  ±641.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 15.8% † 5,721 (±2.3% / ±834.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±6.4% (9,802  ±806.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 90.2% 22,389 (±4.2% / ±1,084)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.5% ±4.3% (3,614  ±494.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 30.7% 7,633 (±2.5% / ±618.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about 90 percent 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

9.1% ±2.8% (1,696  ±528) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 7.2% 2,631
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±1.4% (714  ±197) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 6.8% † 1,975 (±1.2% / ±359)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
714 Total veterans ±197 577 Male ±163 137 Female ±100

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