Brownsville vs West Monroe

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

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

West Monroe has the higher population (12,837 vs 3,996 in Brownsville). West Monroe has the higher median household income ($46,663 vs $26,971 in Brownsville). West Monroe has the higher median home value ($174,400 vs $73,100 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	West Monroe
Population	3,996	12,837
Median age	42.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$26,971	$46,663
Median home value	$73,100	$174,400
Median gross rent	$809	$815
Housing units	2,166	6,240
Homeownership rate	56.5%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	16.3%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	West Monroe
Population	3,756 → 3,996 (+6.4%)	12,583 → 12,837 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$25,333 → $26,971 (+6.5%)	$34,454 → $46,663 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $73,100 (+10.4%)	$133,100 → $174,400 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$665 → $809 (+21.7%)	$744 → $815 (+9.5%)

Brownsville

Population

3,7563,996

Median household income

$25,333$26,971

Median home value

$66,200$73,100

Median gross rent

$665$809

West Monroe

Population

12,58312,837

Median household income

$34,454$46,663

Median home value

$133,100$174,400

Median gross rent

$744$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	West Monroe
Under 5	7.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	16.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	6.3%
75 and over	3.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	West Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	54.3%	47.9%
Black or African American	36.7%	39.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	West Monroe
No high school diploma	18.7%	14.9%
High school graduate	43.9%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	West Monroe
Drove alone	86.3%	85.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.8%
Other means	2.5%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	West Monroe
1-unit, detached	50.6%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	43.8%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	West Monroe
Poverty rate	31.7%	26.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1985	1976