Brownsville vs Lebanon

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

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

Lebanon has the higher population (18,978 vs 1,949 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($82,750 vs $56,740 in Lebanon). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $295,900 in Lebanon).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Lebanon
Population	1,949	18,978
Median age	42.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$56,740
Median home value	$361,300	$295,900
Median gross rent	$1,616	$1,274
Housing units	844	7,997
Homeownership rate	84.8%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Lebanon
Population	1,871 → 1,949 (+4.2%)	16,870 → 18,978 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$53,558 → $82,750 (+54.5%)	$45,642 → $56,740 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$208,000 → $361,300 (+73.7%)	$177,900 → $295,900 (+66.3%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,616 (+68.5%)	$938 → $1,274 (+35.8%)

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

Lebanon

Population

16,87018,978

Median household income

$45,642$56,740

Median home value

$177,900$295,900

Median gross rent

$938$1,274

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Lebanon
Under 5	6.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.2%
75 and over	6.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Lebanon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Lebanon
No high school diploma	4.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	26.8%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Lebanon
Drove alone	88.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Lebanon
1-unit, detached	84.0%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Lebanon
Poverty rate	5.9%	16.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1979	1979