Bawcomville vs Brownsville

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

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

Brownsville has the higher population (3,996 vs 2,635 in Bawcomville). Bawcomville has the higher median household income ($32,721 vs $26,971 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($73,100 vs $65,600 in Bawcomville).

Population, income & housing

	Bawcomville	Brownsville
Population	2,635	3,996
Median age	47.1 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,721	$26,971
Median home value	$65,600	$73,100
Median gross rent	$979	$809
Housing units	1,783	2,166
Homeownership rate	62.2%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bawcomville	Brownsville
Population	2,696 → 2,635 (-2.3%)	3,756 → 3,996 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$27,053 → $32,721 (+21.0%)	$25,333 → $26,971 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$55,600 → $65,600 (+18.0%)	$66,200 → $73,100 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $979 (+41.9%)	$665 → $809 (+21.7%)

Bawcomville

Population

2,6962,635

Median household income

$27,053$32,721

Median home value

$55,600$65,600

Median gross rent

$690$979

Brownsville

Population

3,7563,996

Median household income

$25,333$26,971

Median home value

$66,200$73,100

Median gross rent

$665$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bawcomville	Brownsville
Under 5	3.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	6.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	20.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.7%
75 and over	7.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bawcomville	Brownsville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	54.3%
Black or African American	18.4%	36.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bawcomville	Brownsville
No high school diploma	31.4%	18.7%
High school graduate	44.8%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bawcomville	Brownsville
Drove alone	74.4%	86.3%
Carpooled	15.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.7%
Other means	0.9%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bawcomville	Brownsville
1-unit, detached	38.9%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.1%	43.8%

Poverty & households

	Bawcomville	Brownsville
Poverty rate	39.9%	31.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1986	1985