Bangs vs Lake Brownwood

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

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

Lake Brownwood has the higher population (1,754 vs 1,731 in Bangs). Lake Brownwood has the higher median household income ($60,987 vs $50,486 in Bangs). Lake Brownwood has the higher median home value ($116,900 vs $106,300 in Bangs).

Population, income & housing

	Bangs	Lake Brownwood
Population	1,731	1,754
Median age	42.0 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,486	$60,987
Median home value	$106,300	$116,900
Median gross rent	$719	$1,024
Housing units	825	1,124
Homeownership rate	63.5%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangs	Lake Brownwood
Population	1,597 → 1,731 (+8.4%)	1,410 → 1,754 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$42,578 → $50,486 (+18.6%)	$54,243 → $60,987 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $106,300 (+41.7%)	$70,100 → $116,900 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$527 → $719 (+36.4%)	$668 → $1,024 (+53.3%)

Bangs

Population

1,5971,731

Median household income

$42,578$50,486

Median home value

$75,000$106,300

Median gross rent

$527$719

Lake Brownwood

Population

1,4101,754

Median household income

$54,243$60,987

Median home value

$70,100$116,900

Median gross rent

$668$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangs	Lake Brownwood
Under 5	8.5%	12.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	9.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	18.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.7%
75 and over	4.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangs	Lake Brownwood
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	8.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangs	Lake Brownwood
No high school diploma	12.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	36.8%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangs	Lake Brownwood
Drove alone	77.8%	89.9%
Carpooled	11.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.1%
Other means	6.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangs	Lake Brownwood
1-unit, detached	72.5%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Bangs	Lake Brownwood
Poverty rate	12.5%	18.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	37
Median year structure built	1968	1982