Brownsville vs Pinewood

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

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

Pinewood has the higher population (17,427 vs 16,391 in Brownsville). Pinewood has the higher median household income ($47,551 vs $38,460 in Brownsville). Pinewood has the higher median home value ($315,400 vs $285,100 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Pinewood
Population	16,391	17,427
Median age	40.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,460	$47,551
Median home value	$285,100	$315,400
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,460
Housing units	7,233	5,956
Homeownership rate	34.9%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Pinewood
Population	17,051 → 16,391 (-3.9%)	17,542 → 17,427 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$25,440 → $38,460 (+51.2%)	$35,352 → $47,551 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $285,100 (+77.4%)	$182,800 → $315,400 (+72.5%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,157 (+43.0%)	$1,091 → $1,460 (+33.8%)

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

Pinewood

Population

17,54217,427

Median household income

$35,352$47,551

Median home value

$182,800$315,400

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,460

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Pinewood
Under 5	4.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.5%
75 and over	7.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Pinewood
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	2.0%
Black or African American	46.5%	67.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Pinewood
No high school diploma	29.6%	26.8%
High school graduate	39.2%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Pinewood
Drove alone	74.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.6%
Public transit	10.1%	6.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	1.6%
Other means	1.4%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Pinewood
1-unit, detached	47.9%	44.1%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	3.3%
20 or more units	20.8%	24.9%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Pinewood
Poverty rate	25.8%	22.5%
Average household size	2.53	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1964	1963