Brownsville vs Harrisburg

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

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

Harrisburg has the higher population (3,675 vs 1,949 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($82,750 vs $74,006 in Harrisburg). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $304,100 in Harrisburg).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Harrisburg
Population	1,949	3,675
Median age	42.1 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$74,006
Median home value	$361,300	$304,100
Median gross rent	$1,616	$1,225
Housing units	844	1,299
Homeownership rate	84.8%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Harrisburg
Population	1,871 → 1,949 (+4.2%)	3,799 → 3,675 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$53,558 → $82,750 (+54.5%)	$41,870 → $74,006 (+76.8%)
Median home value	$208,000 → $361,300 (+73.7%)	$169,300 → $304,100 (+79.6%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,616 (+68.5%)	$1,118 → $1,225 (+9.6%)

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

Harrisburg

Population

3,7993,675

Median household income

$41,870$74,006

Median home value

$169,300$304,100

Median gross rent

$1,118$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Harrisburg
Under 5	6.7%	9.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	21.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	18.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	18.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	4.2%
75 and over	6.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Harrisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Harrisburg
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	26.8%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Harrisburg
Drove alone	88.9%	65.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	25.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Harrisburg
1-unit, detached	84.0%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	24.4%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Harrisburg
Poverty rate	5.9%	7.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1979	1984