Blanket vs Brownwood

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

Blanket 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 360 in Blanket). Brownwood has the higher median household income ($47,821 vs $45,417 in Blanket). Brownwood has the higher median home value ($123,700 vs $77,300 in Blanket).

Population, income & housing

	Blanket	Brownwood
Population	360	18,805
Median age	44.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,417	$47,821
Median home value	$77,300	$123,700
Median gross rent	$578	$829
Housing units	163	8,505
Homeownership rate	85.9%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanket	Brownwood
Population	372 → 360 (-3.2%)	18,679 → 18,805 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$41,094 → $45,417 (+10.5%)	$41,404 → $47,821 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $77,300 (+12.4%)	$95,400 → $123,700 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $578 (-40.2%)	$785 → $829 (+5.6%)

Blanket

Population

372360

Median household income

$41,094$45,417

Median home value

$68,800$77,300

Median gross rent

$967$578

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)

	Blanket	Brownwood
Under 5	2.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	16.7%	12.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.2%
75 and over	6.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanket	Brownwood
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	62.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	29.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanket	Brownwood
No high school diploma	22.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	39.4%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanket	Brownwood
Drove alone	79.6%	83.6%
Carpooled	14.5%	8.7%
Public transit	1.6%	1.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanket	Brownwood
1-unit, detached	84.7%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Blanket	Brownwood
Poverty rate	12.5%	18.9%
Average household size	2.81	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1963	1971