Brownwood vs Thunderbird Bay

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

Brownwood and Thunderbird Bay 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 820 in Thunderbird Bay). Thunderbird Bay has the higher median household income ($48,179 vs $47,821 in Brownwood). Brownwood has the higher median home value ($123,700 vs $73,900 in Thunderbird Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
Population	18,805	820
Median age	36.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,821	$48,179
Median home value	$123,700	$73,900
Median gross rent	$829	$1,158
Housing units	8,505	925
Homeownership rate	55.8%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
Population	18,679 → 18,805 (+0.7%)	661 → 820 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$41,404 → $47,821 (+15.5%)	$36,806 → $48,179 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $123,700 (+29.7%)	$80,800 → $73,900 (-8.5%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $829 (+5.6%)	$1,625 → $1,158 (-28.7%)

Brownwood

Population

18,67918,805

Median household income

$41,404$47,821

Median home value

$95,400$123,700

Median gross rent

$785$829

Thunderbird Bay

Population

661820

Median household income

$36,806$48,179

Median home value

$80,800$73,900

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	8.4%
18 to 24	12.5%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	21.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	15.5%
75 and over	7.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	84.4%
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%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.1%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
No high school diploma	13.4%	0.4%
High school graduate	36.4%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
Drove alone	83.6%	46.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	27.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	17.7%
Other means	0.4%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
1-unit, detached	66.5%	21.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	75.5%

Poverty & households

	Brownwood	Thunderbird Bay
Poverty rate	18.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.42	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	14	17
Median year structure built	1971	1986