Bangs vs Brownwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bangs and Brownwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Bangs and Brownwood are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brownwood has the higher population (18,805 vs 1,731 in Bangs). Bangs has the higher median household income ($50,486 vs $47,821 in Brownwood). Brownwood has the higher median home value ($123,700 vs $106,300 in Bangs).

Population, income & housing

	Bangs	Brownwood
Population	1,731	18,805
Median age	42.0 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,486	$47,821
Median home value	$106,300	$123,700
Median gross rent	$719	$829
Housing units	825	8,505
Homeownership rate	63.5%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangs	Brownwood
Population	1,597 → 1,731 (+8.4%)	18,679 → 18,805 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$42,578 → $50,486 (+18.6%)	$41,404 → $47,821 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $106,300 (+41.7%)	$95,400 → $123,700 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$527 → $719 (+36.4%)	$785 → $829 (+5.6%)

Bangs

Population

1,5971,731

Median household income

$42,578$50,486

Median home value

$75,000$106,300

Median gross rent

$527$719

Brownwood

Population

18,67918,805

Median household income

$41,404$47,821

Median home value

$95,400$123,700

Median gross rent

$785$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangs	Brownwood
Under 5	8.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	12.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.2%
75 and over	4.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangs	Brownwood
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	62.4%
Black or African American	8.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangs	Brownwood
No high school diploma	12.7%	13.4%
High school graduate	36.8%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangs	Brownwood
Drove alone	77.8%	83.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.7%
Other means	6.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangs	Brownwood
1-unit, detached	72.5%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Bangs	Brownwood
Poverty rate	12.5%	18.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1968	1971