Brownsville vs Calhoun

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

Brownsville and Calhoun 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 329 in Calhoun). Calhoun has the higher median household income ($133,476 vs $26,971 in Brownsville). Calhoun has the higher median home value ($272,800 vs $73,100 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Calhoun
Population	3,996	329
Median age	42.3 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$26,971	$133,476
Median home value	$73,100	$272,800
Median gross rent	$809	—
Housing units	2,166	308
Homeownership rate	56.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Calhoun
Population	3,756 → 3,996 (+6.4%)	385 → 329 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$25,333 → $26,971 (+6.5%)	$162,147 → $133,476 (-17.7%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $73,100 (+10.4%)	$245,600 → $272,800 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $809 (+21.7%)	—

Brownsville

Population

3,7563,996

Median household income

$25,333$26,971

Median home value

$66,200$73,100

Median gross rent

$665$809

Calhoun

Population

385329

Median household income

$162,147$133,476

Median home value

$245,600$272,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Calhoun
Under 5	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	55.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	5.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	17.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.9%
75 and over	3.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Calhoun
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	83.0%
Black or African American	36.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Calhoun
No high school diploma	18.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.9%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Calhoun
Drove alone	86.3%	92.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Calhoun
1-unit, detached	50.6%	49.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.8%	51.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Calhoun
Poverty rate	31.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1985	2005