Big Spring vs Brownsville

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

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

Big Spring has the higher population (23 vs 18 in Brownsville). Since 2019, Brownsville's population has grown faster (-41.9% vs -63.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Spring	Brownsville
Population	23	18
Median age	—	66.5 yrs
Housing units	23	12
Homeownership rate	0.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Spring	Brownsville
Population	63 → 23 (-63.5%)	31 → 18 (-41.9%)

Big Spring

Population

6323

Brownsville

Population

3118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Spring	Brownsville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	100.0%	33.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	33.3%
75 and over	0.0%	33.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Spring	Brownsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Spring	Brownsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	33.3%
High school graduate	0.0%	66.7%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Spring	Brownsville
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Spring	Brownsville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Spring	Brownsville
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	—	1.50