Brownsville vs Scio

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

Brownsville and Scio 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 1,075 in Scio). Scio has the higher median household income ($82,946 vs $82,750 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $330,600 in Scio).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Scio
Population	1,949	1,075
Median age	42.1 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$82,946
Median home value	$361,300	$330,600
Median gross rent	$1,616	$1,307
Housing units	844	414
Homeownership rate	84.8%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Scio
Population	1,871 → 1,949 (+4.2%)	927 → 1,075 (+16.0%)
Median household income	$53,558 → $82,750 (+54.5%)	$58,819 → $82,946 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$208,000 → $361,300 (+73.7%)	$204,900 → $330,600 (+61.3%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,616 (+68.5%)	$989 → $1,307 (+32.2%)

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

Scio

Population

9271,075

Median household income

$58,819$82,946

Median home value

$204,900$330,600

Median gross rent

$989$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Scio
Under 5	6.7%	10.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.8%
75 and over	6.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Scio
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.8%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Scio
No high school diploma	4.9%	12.9%
High school graduate	26.8%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Scio
Drove alone	88.9%	79.6%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	1.6%
Worked from home	4.8%	14.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Scio
1-unit, detached	84.0%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Scio
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1979	1972