Brownsville vs Mill City

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

Brownsville and Mill City 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 1,876 in Mill City). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($82,750 vs $70,000 in Mill City). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $289,900 in Mill City).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Mill City
Population	1,949	1,876
Median age	42.1 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$70,000
Median home value	$361,300	$289,900
Median gross rent	$1,616	$1,204
Housing units	844	791
Homeownership rate	84.8%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Mill City
Population	1,871 → 1,949 (+4.2%)	1,839 → 1,876 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$53,558 → $82,750 (+54.5%)	$53,243 → $70,000 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$208,000 → $361,300 (+73.7%)	$174,700 → $289,900 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,616 (+68.5%)	$912 → $1,204 (+32.0%)

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

Mill City

Population

1,8391,876

Median household income

$53,243$70,000

Median home value

$174,700$289,900

Median gross rent

$912$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Mill City
Under 5	6.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	22.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.9%
75 and over	6.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Mill City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Mill City
No high school diploma	4.9%	11.2%
High school graduate	26.8%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Mill City
Drove alone	88.9%	82.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	10.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Mill City
1-unit, detached	84.0%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Mill City
Poverty rate	5.9%	17.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1979	1969