Brownsville vs Three Lakes

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

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

Three Lakes has the higher population (16,426 vs 16,391 in Brownsville). Three Lakes has the higher median household income ($91,364 vs $38,460 in Brownsville). Three Lakes has the higher median home value ($434,800 vs $285,100 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Three Lakes
Population	16,391	16,426
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$38,460	$91,364
Median home value	$285,100	$434,800
Median gross rent	$1,157	$2,255
Housing units	7,233	5,484
Homeownership rate	34.9%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Three Lakes
Population	17,051 → 16,391 (-3.9%)	15,614 → 16,426 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$25,440 → $38,460 (+51.2%)	$67,955 → $91,364 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $285,100 (+77.4%)	$294,100 → $434,800 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,157 (+43.0%)	$1,836 → $2,255 (+22.8%)

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

Three Lakes

Population

15,61416,426

Median household income

$67,955$91,364

Median home value

$294,100$434,800

Median gross rent

$1,836$2,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Three Lakes
Under 5	4.2%	8.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.3%
75 and over	7.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Three Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	23.8%
Black or African American	46.5%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	60.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Three Lakes
No high school diploma	29.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	39.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Three Lakes
Drove alone	74.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.2%
Public transit	10.1%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.4%	13.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Three Lakes
1-unit, detached	47.9%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	27.2%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	7.2%
20 or more units	20.8%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Three Lakes
Poverty rate	25.8%	10.7%
Average household size	2.53	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1964	1997