Texas · Census place 10768
Brownsville city, TX
Quick answer
Brownsville city has 188,023 residents, ranking #18 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $48,675, the median home is worth $122,400 and median gross rent runs $906 a month.
- Population
- 188,023Brownsville city residents
- Median household income
- $48,675Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $122,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $906Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 30.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 59.9%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Brownsville city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Brownsville city median would spend about 22.3% 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 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.9% of residents and 59.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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- McKinney city 202,314
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- Mesquite city 148,848
- Denton city 146,987
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