Brownwood vs Early

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

Brownwood and Early 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 3,159 in Early). Early has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $47,821 in Brownwood). Early has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $123,700 in Brownwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brownwood	Early
Population	18,805	3,159
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,821	$69,375
Median home value	$123,700	$170,700
Median gross rent	$829	$1,137
Housing units	8,505	1,312
Homeownership rate	55.8%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownwood	Early
Population	18,679 → 18,805 (+0.7%)	2,986 → 3,159 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$41,404 → $47,821 (+15.5%)	$51,420 → $69,375 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $123,700 (+29.7%)	$110,300 → $170,700 (+54.8%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $829 (+5.6%)	$795 → $1,137 (+43.0%)

Brownwood

Population

18,67918,805

Median household income

$41,404$47,821

Median home value

$95,400$123,700

Median gross rent

$785$829

Early

Population

2,9863,159

Median household income

$51,420$69,375

Median home value

$110,300$170,700

Median gross rent

$795$1,137

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownwood	Early
Under 5	5.7%	8.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.8%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.5%
75 and over	7.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownwood	Early
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	73.0%
Black or African American	4.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	29.1%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownwood	Early
No high school diploma	13.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	36.4%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownwood	Early
Drove alone	83.6%	79.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownwood	Early
1-unit, detached	66.5%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	6.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Brownwood	Early
Poverty rate	18.9%	9.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1971	1983