Brownsville vs Opa-locka

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

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

Brownsville has the higher population (16,391 vs 16,097 in Opa-locka). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($38,460 vs $31,680 in Opa-locka). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($285,100 vs $281,000 in Opa-locka).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Opa-locka
Population	16,391	16,097
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,460	$31,680
Median home value	$285,100	$281,000
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,225
Housing units	7,233	6,203
Homeownership rate	34.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Opa-locka
Population	17,051 → 16,391 (-3.9%)	16,149 → 16,097 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$25,440 → $38,460 (+51.2%)	$21,523 → $31,680 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $285,100 (+77.4%)	$154,300 → $281,000 (+82.1%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,157 (+43.0%)	$904 → $1,225 (+35.5%)

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

Opa-locka

Population

16,14916,097

Median household income

$21,523$31,680

Median home value

$154,300$281,000

Median gross rent

$904$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Opa-locka
Under 5	4.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.6%
75 and over	7.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Opa-locka
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	3.2%
Black or African American	46.5%	43.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	51.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Opa-locka
No high school diploma	29.6%	27.8%
High school graduate	39.2%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Opa-locka
Drove alone	74.9%	71.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.8%
Public transit	10.1%	6.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.7%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Opa-locka
1-unit, detached	47.9%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	13.2%
20 or more units	20.8%	37.2%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Opa-locka
Poverty rate	25.8%	29.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1964	1968