Brownsville vs Monroe

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (47,241 vs 3,996 in Brownsville). Monroe has the higher median household income ($36,521 vs $26,971 in Brownsville). Monroe has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $73,100 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Monroe
Population	3,996	47,241
Median age	42.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$26,971	$36,521
Median home value	$73,100	$174,800
Median gross rent	$809	$823
Housing units	2,166	21,317
Homeownership rate	56.5%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Monroe
Population	3,756 → 3,996 (+6.4%)	48,241 → 47,241 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$25,333 → $26,971 (+6.5%)	$30,438 → $36,521 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $73,100 (+10.4%)	$139,600 → $174,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $809 (+21.7%)	$702 → $823 (+17.2%)

Brownsville

Population

3,7563,996

Median household income

$25,333$26,971

Median home value

$66,200$73,100

Median gross rent

$665$809

Monroe

Population

48,24147,241

Median household income

$30,438$36,521

Median home value

$139,600$174,800

Median gross rent

$702$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Monroe
Under 5	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	7.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.7%
75 and over	3.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	32.7%
Black or African American	36.7%	60.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Monroe
No high school diploma	18.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	43.9%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Monroe
Drove alone	86.3%	73.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	1.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.1%
Other means	2.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Monroe
1-unit, detached	50.6%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	43.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Monroe
Poverty rate	31.7%	38.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1985	1971