Brownsville vs Ojus

A side-by-side comparison of Brownsville and Ojus: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownsville and Ojus are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ojus has the higher population (17,101 vs 16,391 in Brownsville). Ojus has the higher median household income ($64,667 vs $38,460 in Brownsville). Ojus has the higher median home value ($298,500 vs $285,100 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Ojus
Population	16,391	17,101
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,460	$64,667
Median home value	$285,100	$298,500
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,697
Housing units	7,233	8,233
Homeownership rate	34.9%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Ojus
Population	17,051 → 16,391 (-3.9%)	16,417 → 17,101 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$25,440 → $38,460 (+51.2%)	$49,756 → $64,667 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $285,100 (+77.4%)	$217,000 → $298,500 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,157 (+43.0%)	$1,209 → $1,697 (+40.4%)

Brownsville

Population

17,05116,391

Median household income

$25,440$38,460

Median home value

$160,700$285,100

Median gross rent

$809$1,157

Ojus

Population

16,41717,101

Median household income

$49,756$64,667

Median home value

$217,000$298,500

Median gross rent

$1,209$1,697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Ojus
Under 5	4.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.1%
75 and over	7.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Ojus
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	31.2%
Black or African American	46.5%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	54.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Ojus
No high school diploma	29.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Ojus
Drove alone	74.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.7%
Public transit	10.1%	5.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Ojus
1-unit, detached	47.9%	28.5%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	6.3%
20 or more units	20.8%	58.3%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Ojus
Poverty rate	25.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1964	1970