Albany vs Brownsville

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

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

Albany has the higher population (56,773 vs 1,949 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($82,750 vs $73,809 in Albany). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $352,900 in Albany).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Brownsville
Population	56,773	1,949
Median age	37.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,809	$82,750
Median home value	$352,900	$361,300
Median gross rent	$1,311	$1,616
Housing units	22,552	844
Homeownership rate	59.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Brownsville
Population	53,521 → 56,773 (+6.1%)	1,871 → 1,949 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$60,624 → $73,809 (+21.7%)	$53,558 → $82,750 (+54.5%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $352,900 (+56.0%)	$208,000 → $361,300 (+73.7%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,311 (+35.7%)	$959 → $1,616 (+68.5%)

Albany

Population

53,52156,773

Median household income

$60,624$73,809

Median home value

$226,200$352,900

Median gross rent

$966$1,311

Brownsville

Population

1,8711,949

Median household income

$53,558$82,750

Median home value

$208,000$361,300

Median gross rent

$959$1,616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Brownsville
Under 5	7.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.8%
75 and over	6.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Brownsville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	1.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Brownsville
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	23.3%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Brownsville
Drove alone	73.4%	88.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.5%
Worked from home	12.9%	4.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Brownsville
1-unit, detached	60.8%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Brownsville
Poverty rate	13.3%	5.9%
Average household size	2.56	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1980	1979