Brownsville vs Dancyville

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

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

Brownsville has the higher population (9,634 vs 44 in Dancyville). Since 2019, Dancyville's population has grown faster (+18.9% vs -0.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Dancyville
Population	9,634	44
Median age	41.1 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,488	—
Median home value	$119,700	—
Median gross rent	$737	—
Housing units	4,345	75
Homeownership rate	43.2%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	—

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Dancyville
Population	9,647 → 9,634 (-0.1%)	37 → 44 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$33,789 → $39,488 (+16.9%)	—
Median home value	$88,100 → $119,700 (+35.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$640 → $737 (+15.2%)	—

Brownsville

Population

9,6479,634

Median household income

$33,789$39,488

Median home value

$88,100$119,700

Median gross rent

$640$737

Dancyville

Population

3744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Dancyville
Under 5	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	61.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	0.0%
75 and over	7.2%	38.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Dancyville
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	69.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Dancyville
No high school diploma	17.9%	70.5%
High school graduate	48.0%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Dancyville
Drove alone	81.0%	—
Carpooled	9.4%	—
Public transit	0.0%	—
Walked	1.8%	—
Bicycle	0.0%	—
Worked from home	3.6%	—
Other means	4.2%	—

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Dancyville
1-unit, detached	70.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Dancyville
Poverty rate	27.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.45	1.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1975	1963