Brownsville vs Claiborne

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

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

Claiborne has the higher population (12,647 vs 3,996 in Brownsville). Claiborne has the higher median household income ($69,173 vs $26,971 in Brownsville). Claiborne has the higher median home value ($214,100 vs $73,100 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Claiborne
Population	3,996	12,647
Median age	42.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,971	$69,173
Median home value	$73,100	$214,100
Median gross rent	$809	$1,181
Housing units	2,166	5,365
Homeownership rate	56.5%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Claiborne
Population	3,756 → 3,996 (+6.4%)	11,602 → 12,647 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$25,333 → $26,971 (+6.5%)	$56,318 → $69,173 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $73,100 (+10.4%)	$153,400 → $214,100 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $809 (+21.7%)	$963 → $1,181 (+22.6%)

Brownsville

Population

3,7563,996

Median household income

$25,333$26,971

Median home value

$66,200$73,100

Median gross rent

$665$809

Claiborne

Population

11,60212,647

Median household income

$56,318$69,173

Median home value

$153,400$214,100

Median gross rent

$963$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Claiborne
Under 5	7.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	10.1%
75 and over	3.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Claiborne
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	88.6%
Black or African American	36.7%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Claiborne
No high school diploma	18.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	43.9%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Claiborne
Drove alone	86.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Claiborne
1-unit, detached	50.6%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	43.8%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Claiborne
Poverty rate	31.7%	11.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1985	1989