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Brenham, TX

17,385 Population
13.1 square miles 1,331.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 41.7 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$28,572 ±$3,121 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: $36,680 ±$3,244
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $34,255 ±$134
$54,536 ±$8,496 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: $65,913 † ±$6,586
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $67,321 ±$214

14.1% ±4.4% (2,173  ±674) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 9.8% † 3,282 (±2.4% / ±821)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14% 3,965,117 (±0.1% / ±39,408)

17.6 minutes ±3 (118,840  ±22,402) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 20.3 301,510 (±1.7 / ±28,871)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

6,476 ±436 Number of households
  • the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 13,906 ±483
  • Texas: 10,239,341 ±15,384
2.4 ±0.2 (15,277  ±390) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 2.4 33,437 (±0.1 / ±388)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,293,548

4.7% ±2.8% (207  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 4.3% † 322 (±2.1% / ±155)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 401,736 (±0.1% / ±6,321)

Housing

7,105 ±367 Number of housing units
  • the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 16,785 ±163
  • Texas: 11,433,880 ±1,306

$163,400 ±$8,366 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: $218,200 ±$16,653
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $202,600 ±$599

19.3% ±4% (3,319  ±685) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 12.9% † 4,535 (±2.4% / ±850.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14.9% 4,237,650 (±0.1% / ±32,280)

Social

84.7% ±6% (8,780  ±730.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 89.1% 21,202 (±4.6% / ±1,134.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 84.8% 15,793,288 (±0.2% / ±39,237.5)
27.4% ±4% (2,839  ±430.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 28.1% 6,675 (±2.7% / ±641.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 31.5% 5,871,195 (±0.1% / ±25,404.1)

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

8% ±2.1% (1,384  ±358) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 6% † 2,130 (±1% / ±342)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17% 4,904,169 (±0.1% / ±24,977)

6.3% ±1.8% (840  ±248) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Brenham, TX Micro Area: 7.2% † 1,997 (±1.6% / ±433)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.7% 1,426,641 (±0.1% / ±10,418)
840 Total veterans ±248 786 Male ±244 54 Female ±44

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