Brownsville vs Halsey

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

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

Brownsville has the higher population (1,949 vs 1,637 in Halsey). Halsey has the higher median household income ($106,250 vs $82,750 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $294,900 in Halsey).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Halsey
Population	1,949	1,637
Median age	42.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$106,250
Median home value	$361,300	$294,900
Median gross rent	$1,616	$1,944
Housing units	844	503
Homeownership rate	84.8%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Halsey
Population	1,871 → 1,949 (+4.2%)	1,009 → 1,637 (+62.2%)
Median household income	$53,558 → $82,750 (+54.5%)	$57,500 → $106,250 (+84.8%)
Median home value	$208,000 → $361,300 (+73.7%)	$188,500 → $294,900 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,616 (+68.5%)	$975 → $1,944 (+99.4%)

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

Halsey

Population

1,0091,637

Median household income

$57,500$106,250

Median home value

$188,500$294,900

Median gross rent

$975$1,944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Halsey
Under 5	6.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	23.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.0%
75 and over	6.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Halsey
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	77.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Halsey
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	26.8%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Halsey
Drove alone	88.9%	93.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Halsey
1-unit, detached	84.0%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Halsey
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.49	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1979	1974