Brownsville vs Houston

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

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

Houston has the higher population (883 vs 624 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($63,977 vs $50,667 in Houston). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($161,600 vs $152,100 in Houston).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Houston
Population	624	883
Median age	45.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,977	$50,667
Median home value	$161,600	$152,100
Median gross rent	$525	$815
Housing units	288	405
Homeownership rate	94.3%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Houston
Population	568 → 624 (+9.9%)	1,033 → 883 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $63,977 (+0.4%)	$43,393 → $50,667 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $161,600 (+11.8%)	$103,600 → $152,100 (+46.8%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $525 (-3.7%)	$639 → $815 (+27.5%)

Brownsville

Population

568624

Median household income

$63,750$63,977

Median home value

$144,500$161,600

Median gross rent

$545$525

Houston

Population

1,033883

Median household income

$43,393$50,667

Median home value

$103,600$152,100

Median gross rent

$639$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Houston
Under 5	3.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	22.7%
18 to 24	2.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	8.7%	8.2%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	18.1%	8.9%
65 to 74	20.0%	9.7%
75 and over	4.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Houston
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	42.7%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Houston
Drove alone	85.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.3%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Houston
1-unit, detached	85.4%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Houston
Poverty rate	9.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1966	1941