What is the population of Brownsville city?

Brownsville city has 1,949 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #169 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Brownsville city?

Median household income in Brownsville city is $82,750 a year, 5.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brownsville city?

Median gross rent is $1,616 a month and the median home value is $361,300, so rent absorbs about 23.4% of median household income.

Is Brownsville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brownsville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Brownsville, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Brownsville, Oregon (Brownsville, OR — Census place “Brownsville city”) is 1,949 residents, ranking #169 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $82,750, the median home is worth $361,300 and median gross rent runs $1,616 a month. Looking for the Brownsville Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Brownsville, OR: 97327.

Population: 1,949Brownsville city residents
Median household income: $82,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $361,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,616Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 84.8%Owner-occupied households

Brownsville ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Brownsville.

The Brownsville OR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

97327

What the numbers mean in Brownsville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Brownsville city median would spend about 23.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.9% of residents and 84.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Brownsville city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Brownsville city is a small town in Oregon, with 1,949 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #169 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 60% of them. The median age here is 42.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Brownsville city earn a median of $82,750 a year, 5.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 12% above the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 5.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Brownsville city is valued at $361,300, 19.1% above the national figure and 4% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,616 a month, 14.9% above the national figure, or roughly $19,392 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 84.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Brownsville city?: Brownsville city has 1,949 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #169 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Brownsville city?: Median household income in Brownsville city is $82,750 a year, 5.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brownsville city?: Median gross rent is $1,616 a month and the median home value is $361,300, so rent absorbs about 23.4% of median household income.
Is Brownsville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brownsville city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Brownsville city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.