Brazos Country vs New Ulm

A side-by-side comparison of Brazos Country and New Ulm: population, income, housing, and more.

Brazos Country and New Ulm are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brazos Country has the higher population (595 vs 322 in New Ulm). Brazos Country has the higher median household income ($180,833 vs $89,010 in New Ulm). Since 2019, New Ulm's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -3.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Brazos Country	New Ulm
Population	595	322
Median age	51.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$180,833	$89,010
Median home value	$483,600	—
Housing units	211	273
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brazos Country	New Ulm
Population	618 → 595 (-3.7%)	318 → 322 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$108,438 → $180,833 (+66.8%)	$106,875 → $89,010 (-16.7%)
Median home value	$361,800 → $483,600 (+33.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,583 → $1,344 (-15.1%)	—

Brazos Country

Population

618595

Median household income

$108,438$180,833

Median home value

$361,800$483,600

Median gross rent

$1,583$1,344

New Ulm

Population

318322

Median household income

$106,875$89,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brazos Country	New Ulm
Under 5	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.4%	38.5%
18 to 24	20.3%	0.6%
25 to 34	2.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.0%	25.5%
45 to 54	22.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	20.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	28.3%
75 and over	8.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brazos Country	New Ulm
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	36.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	64.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brazos Country	New Ulm
No high school diploma	3.1%	11.7%
High school graduate	16.6%	67.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brazos Country	New Ulm
Drove alone	71.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	16.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brazos Country	New Ulm
1-unit, detached	96.2%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Brazos Country	New Ulm
Poverty rate	6.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	38	—
Median year structure built	1999	1991