Beale AFB vs Challenge-Brownsville

A side-by-side comparison of Beale AFB and Challenge-Brownsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Beale AFB and Challenge-Brownsville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beale AFB has the higher population (1,174 vs 792 in Challenge-Brownsville). Challenge-Brownsville has the higher median household income ($99,511 vs $68,676 in Beale AFB). Since 2019, Beale AFB's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs +10.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Beale AFB	Challenge-Brownsville
Population	1,174	792
Median age	24.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,676	$99,511
Median home value	—	$338,900
Median gross rent	$2,558	—
Housing units	382	612
Homeownership rate	1.4%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beale AFB	Challenge-Brownsville
Population	1,020 → 1,174 (+15.1%)	719 → 792 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$50,536 → $68,676 (+35.9%)	$59,802 → $99,511 (+66.4%)
Median home value	—	$270,500 → $338,900 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,986 → $2,558 (+28.8%)	—

Beale AFB

Population

1,0201,174

Median household income

$50,536$68,676

Median gross rent

$1,986$2,558

Challenge-Brownsville

Population

719792

Median household income

$59,802$99,511

Median home value

$270,500$338,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beale AFB	Challenge-Brownsville
Under 5	16.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.7%	22.9%
18 to 24	14.5%	0.8%
25 to 34	21.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	21.3%	14.9%
45 to 54	1.3%	4.4%
55 to 64	2.6%	31.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	2.1%
75 and over	0.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beale AFB	Challenge-Brownsville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	95.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beale AFB	Challenge-Brownsville
No high school diploma	3.1%	34.7%
High school graduate	13.3%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beale AFB	Challenge-Brownsville
Drove alone	82.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beale AFB	Challenge-Brownsville
1-unit, detached	69.9%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Beale AFB	Challenge-Brownsville
Poverty rate	3.8%	22.2%
Average household size	3.19	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	2013	1976