Brownsville vs Sweet Home

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

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

Sweet Home has the higher population (9,977 vs 1,949 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($82,750 vs $59,479 in Sweet Home). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $245,700 in Sweet Home).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Sweet Home
Population	1,949	9,977
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$59,479
Median home value	$361,300	$245,700
Median gross rent	$1,616	$1,135
Housing units	844	4,203
Homeownership rate	84.8%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Sweet Home
Population	1,871 → 1,949 (+4.2%)	9,619 → 9,977 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$53,558 → $82,750 (+54.5%)	$43,589 → $59,479 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$208,000 → $361,300 (+73.7%)	$153,000 → $245,700 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,616 (+68.5%)	$934 → $1,135 (+21.5%)

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

Sweet Home

Population

9,6199,977

Median household income

$43,589$59,479

Median home value

$153,000$245,700

Median gross rent

$934$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Sweet Home
Under 5	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.6%
75 and over	6.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Sweet Home
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Sweet Home
No high school diploma	4.9%	17.5%
High school graduate	26.8%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Sweet Home
Drove alone	88.9%	75.6%
Carpooled	4.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.8%
Other means	0.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Sweet Home
1-unit, detached	84.0%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Sweet Home
Poverty rate	5.9%	17.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1979	1973