Brownsville vs Tangent

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

Brownsville and Tangent 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 1,303 in Tangent). Tangent has the higher median household income ($99,750 vs $82,750 in Brownsville). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($361,300 vs $301,300 in Tangent).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Tangent
Population	1,949	1,303
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,750	$99,750
Median home value	$361,300	$301,300
Median gross rent	$1,616	$1,827
Housing units	844	475
Homeownership rate	84.8%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Tangent
Population	1,871 → 1,949 (+4.2%)	1,414 → 1,303 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$53,558 → $82,750 (+54.5%)	$64,500 → $99,750 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$208,000 → $361,300 (+73.7%)	$240,100 → $301,300 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$959 → $1,616 (+68.5%)	$1,293 → $1,827 (+41.3%)

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

Tangent

Population

1,4141,303

Median household income

$64,500$99,750

Median home value

$240,100$301,300

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Tangent
Under 5	6.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.2%
75 and over	6.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Tangent
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Tangent
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	26.8%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Tangent
Drove alone	88.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	11.5%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Tangent
1-unit, detached	84.0%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	40.6%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Tangent
Poverty rate	5.9%	16.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1979	1995