Brownsville vs Lakeshore

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

Brownsville and Lakeshore 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 3,111 in Lakeshore). Lakeshore has the higher median household income ($39,958 vs $26,971 in Brownsville). Lakeshore has the higher median home value ($150,900 vs $73,100 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Lakeshore
Population	3,996	3,111
Median age	42.3 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,971	$39,958
Median home value	$73,100	$150,900
Median gross rent	$809	$1,030
Housing units	2,166	1,209
Homeownership rate	56.5%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Lakeshore
Population	3,756 → 3,996 (+6.4%)	2,170 → 3,111 (+43.4%)
Median household income	$25,333 → $26,971 (+6.5%)	$37,386 → $39,958 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $73,100 (+10.4%)	$123,200 → $150,900 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $809 (+21.7%)	$1,013 → $1,030 (+1.7%)

Brownsville

Population

3,7563,996

Median household income

$25,333$26,971

Median home value

$66,200$73,100

Median gross rent

$665$809

Lakeshore

Population

2,1703,111

Median household income

$37,386$39,958

Median home value

$123,200$150,900

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Lakeshore
Under 5	7.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	27.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	6.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	3.7%
75 and over	3.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Lakeshore
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	26.6%
Black or African American	36.7%	68.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Lakeshore
No high school diploma	18.7%	16.3%
High school graduate	43.9%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Lakeshore
Drove alone	86.3%	70.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	17.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Lakeshore
1-unit, detached	50.6%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	43.8%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Lakeshore
Poverty rate	31.7%	40.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1985	1972