Brownsville vs Sterlington

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

Brownsville and Sterlington 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 2,045 in Sterlington). Sterlington has the higher median household income ($67,986 vs $26,971 in Brownsville). Sterlington has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $73,100 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Sterlington
Population	3,996	2,045
Median age	42.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$26,971	$67,986
Median home value	$73,100	$193,800
Median gross rent	$809	$1,022
Housing units	2,166	1,001
Homeownership rate	56.5%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Sterlington
Population	3,756 → 3,996 (+6.4%)	2,643 → 2,045 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$25,333 → $26,971 (+6.5%)	$50,435 → $67,986 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $73,100 (+10.4%)	$104,400 → $193,800 (+85.6%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $809 (+21.7%)	$877 → $1,022 (+16.5%)

Brownsville

Population

3,7563,996

Median household income

$25,333$26,971

Median home value

$66,200$73,100

Median gross rent

$665$809

Sterlington

Population

2,6432,045

Median household income

$50,435$67,986

Median home value

$104,400$193,800

Median gross rent

$877$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Sterlington
Under 5	7.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	24.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	5.9%
65 to 74	13.7%	18.3%
75 and over	3.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Sterlington
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	73.1%
Black or African American	36.7%	20.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Sterlington
No high school diploma	18.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	43.9%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Sterlington
Drove alone	86.3%	90.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.1%
Other means	2.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Sterlington
1-unit, detached	50.6%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	27.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.8%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Sterlington
Poverty rate	31.7%	19.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1985	2002