Brownwood vs Lake Brownwood

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

Brownwood and Lake 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 1,754 in Lake Brownwood). Lake Brownwood has the higher median household income ($60,987 vs $47,821 in Brownwood). Brownwood has the higher median home value ($123,700 vs $116,900 in Lake Brownwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brownwood	Lake Brownwood
Population	18,805	1,754
Median age	36.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,821	$60,987
Median home value	$123,700	$116,900
Median gross rent	$829	$1,024
Housing units	8,505	1,124
Homeownership rate	55.8%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownwood	Lake Brownwood
Population	18,679 → 18,805 (+0.7%)	1,410 → 1,754 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$41,404 → $47,821 (+15.5%)	$54,243 → $60,987 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $123,700 (+29.7%)	$70,100 → $116,900 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $829 (+5.6%)	$668 → $1,024 (+53.3%)

Brownwood

Population

18,67918,805

Median household income

$41,404$47,821

Median home value

$95,400$123,700

Median gross rent

$785$829

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)

	Brownwood	Lake Brownwood
Under 5	5.7%	12.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	9.9%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	18.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.7%
75 and over	7.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownwood	Lake Brownwood
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	91.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	29.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownwood	Lake Brownwood
No high school diploma	13.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	36.4%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownwood	Lake Brownwood
Drove alone	83.6%	89.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	7.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownwood	Lake Brownwood
1-unit, detached	66.5%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Brownwood	Lake Brownwood
Poverty rate	18.9%	18.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	14	37
Median year structure built	1971	1982