Brownsville vs Swartz

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

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

Swartz has the higher population (4,691 vs 3,996 in Brownsville). Swartz has the higher median household income ($69,968 vs $26,971 in Brownsville). Swartz has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $73,100 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Swartz
Population	3,996	4,691
Median age	42.3 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$26,971	$69,968
Median home value	$73,100	$190,600
Median gross rent	$809	$991
Housing units	2,166	1,821
Homeownership rate	56.5%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Swartz
Population	3,756 → 3,996 (+6.4%)	4,629 → 4,691 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$25,333 → $26,971 (+6.5%)	$48,592 → $69,968 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $73,100 (+10.4%)	$142,700 → $190,600 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $809 (+21.7%)	$876 → $991 (+13.1%)

Brownsville

Population

3,7563,996

Median household income

$25,333$26,971

Median home value

$66,200$73,100

Median gross rent

$665$809

Swartz

Population

4,6294,691

Median household income

$48,592$69,968

Median home value

$142,700$190,600

Median gross rent

$876$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Swartz
Under 5	7.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	11.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	18.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	6.9%
75 and over	3.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Swartz
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	75.8%
Black or African American	36.7%	20.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Swartz
No high school diploma	18.7%	10.5%
High school graduate	43.9%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Swartz
Drove alone	86.3%	80.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Swartz
1-unit, detached	50.6%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	43.8%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Swartz
Poverty rate	31.7%	14.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1985	1985