Brownsville vs Palmetto Estates

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

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

Palmetto Estates has the higher population (16,587 vs 16,391 in Brownsville). Palmetto Estates has the higher median household income ($82,199 vs $38,460 in Brownsville). Palmetto Estates has the higher median home value ($412,200 vs $285,100 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Palmetto Estates
Population	16,391	16,587
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,460	$82,199
Median home value	$285,100	$412,200
Median gross rent	$1,157	$2,015
Housing units	7,233	4,253
Homeownership rate	34.9%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Palmetto Estates
Population	17,051 → 16,391 (-3.9%)	15,640 → 16,587 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$25,440 → $38,460 (+51.2%)	$62,910 → $82,199 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $285,100 (+77.4%)	$236,000 → $412,200 (+74.7%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,157 (+43.0%)	$1,519 → $2,015 (+32.7%)

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

Palmetto Estates

Population

15,64016,587

Median household income

$62,910$82,199

Median home value

$236,000$412,200

Median gross rent

$1,519$2,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Palmetto Estates
Under 5	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	17.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.3%
75 and over	7.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Palmetto Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	6.9%
Black or African American	46.5%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	56.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Palmetto Estates
No high school diploma	29.6%	14.6%
High school graduate	39.2%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Palmetto Estates
Drove alone	74.9%	81.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.2%
Public transit	10.1%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.0%
Other means	1.4%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Palmetto Estates
1-unit, detached	47.9%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	20.8%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Palmetto Estates
Poverty rate	25.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.53	3.90
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1964	1973