Brownsville vs Stanton

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

Brownsville and Stanton 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 494 in Stanton). Stanton has the higher median household income ($58,643 vs $39,488 in Brownsville). Stanton has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $119,700 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Stanton
Population	9,634	494
Median age	41.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,488	$58,643
Median home value	$119,700	$158,300
Median gross rent	$737	$567
Housing units	4,345	329
Homeownership rate	43.2%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Stanton
Population	9,647 → 9,634 (-0.1%)	438 → 494 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$33,789 → $39,488 (+16.9%)	$20,313 → $58,643 (+188.7%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $119,700 (+35.9%)	$74,100 → $158,300 (+113.6%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $737 (+15.2%)	$479 → $567 (+18.4%)

Brownsville

Population

9,6479,634

Median household income

$33,789$39,488

Median home value

$88,100$119,700

Median gross rent

$640$737

Stanton

Population

438494

Median household income

$20,313$58,643

Median home value

$74,100$158,300

Median gross rent

$479$567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Stanton
Under 5	5.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	8.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	13.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	7.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	23.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	20.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.1%
75 and over	7.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Stanton
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	37.4%
Black or African American	69.3%	61.1%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Stanton
No high school diploma	17.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	48.0%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Stanton
Drove alone	81.0%	94.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	4.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Stanton
1-unit, detached	70.3%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	35.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Stanton
Poverty rate	27.5%	17.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1975	1978