What is the population of Brownwood city?

Brownwood city has 18,805 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #171 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Brownwood city?

Median household income in Brownwood city is $47,821 a year, 39.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $829 a month and the median home value is $123,700, so rent absorbs about 20.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brownwood city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Brownwood, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Brownwood, Texas (Brownwood, TX — Census place “Brownwood city”) is 18,805 residents, ranking #171 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $47,821, the median home is worth $123,700 and median gross rent runs $829 a month. Looking for the Brownwood Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Brownwood, TX: 76801.

Population: 18,805Brownwood city residents
Median household income: $47,821Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $123,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $829Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.8%Owner-occupied households

Brownwood ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Brownwood.

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

76801

What the numbers mean in Brownwood city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Brownwood city median would spend about 20.8% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.9% of residents and 55.8% of households own their home.

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

Brownwood city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Brownwood city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 18,805 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #171 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 36.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Brownwood city earn a median of $47,821 a year, 39.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 26% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 18.9% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Brownwood city is valued at $123,700, 59.2% below the national figure and 31% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $829 a month, 41% below the national figure, or roughly $9,948 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.8% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 55.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Brownwood city?: Brownwood city has 18,805 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #171 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Brownwood city?: Median household income in Brownwood city is $47,821 a year, 39.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brownwood city?: Median gross rent is $829 a month and the median home value is $123,700, so rent absorbs about 20.8% of median household income.
Is Brownwood city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brownwood city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Brownwood city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.