Brownsville vs Richwood

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

Brownsville and Richwood 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 3,840 in Richwood). Richwood has the higher median household income ($31,386 vs $26,971 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($73,100 vs $52,300 in Richwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Richwood
Population	3,996	3,840
Median age	42.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$26,971	$31,386
Median home value	$73,100	$52,300
Median gross rent	$809	$873
Housing units	2,166	848
Homeownership rate	56.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Richwood
Population	3,756 → 3,996 (+6.4%)	4,495 → 3,840 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$25,333 → $26,971 (+6.5%)	$24,896 → $31,386 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $73,100 (+10.4%)	$48,600 → $52,300 (+7.6%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $809 (+21.7%)	$556 → $873 (+57.0%)

Brownsville

Population

3,7563,996

Median household income

$25,333$26,971

Median home value

$66,200$73,100

Median gross rent

$665$809

Richwood

Population

4,4953,840

Median household income

$24,896$31,386

Median home value

$48,600$52,300

Median gross rent

$556$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Richwood
Under 5	7.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	18.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	28.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	6.1%
75 and over	3.6%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Richwood
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	16.1%
Black or African American	36.7%	75.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Richwood
No high school diploma	18.7%	25.1%
High school graduate	43.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Richwood
Drove alone	86.3%	74.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	5.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.3%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Richwood
1-unit, detached	50.6%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	43.8%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Richwood
Poverty rate	31.7%	38.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1985	1991