Blanket vs Lake Brownwood

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

Blanket 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 360 in Blanket). Lake Brownwood has the higher median household income ($60,987 vs $45,417 in Blanket). Lake Brownwood has the higher median home value ($116,900 vs $77,300 in Blanket).

Population, income & housing

	Blanket	Lake Brownwood
Population	360	1,754
Median age	44.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,417	$60,987
Median home value	$77,300	$116,900
Median gross rent	$578	$1,024
Housing units	163	1,124
Homeownership rate	85.9%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanket	Lake Brownwood
Population	372 → 360 (-3.2%)	1,410 → 1,754 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$41,094 → $45,417 (+10.5%)	$54,243 → $60,987 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $77,300 (+12.4%)	$70,100 → $116,900 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $578 (-40.2%)	$668 → $1,024 (+53.3%)

Blanket

Population

372360

Median household income

$41,094$45,417

Median home value

$68,800$77,300

Median gross rent

$967$578

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)

	Blanket	Lake Brownwood
Under 5	2.5%	12.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	9.9%
18 to 24	16.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	18.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.7%
75 and over	6.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanket	Lake Brownwood
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanket	Lake Brownwood
No high school diploma	22.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	39.4%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanket	Lake Brownwood
Drove alone	79.6%	89.9%
Carpooled	14.5%	7.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanket	Lake Brownwood
1-unit, detached	84.7%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Blanket	Lake Brownwood
Poverty rate	12.5%	18.8%
Average household size	2.81	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1963	1982