Early vs Lake Brownwood

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

Early and Lake Brownwood are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Early has the higher population (3,159 vs 1,754 in Lake Brownwood). Early has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $60,987 in Lake Brownwood). Early has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $116,900 in Lake Brownwood).

Population, income & housing

	Early	Lake Brownwood
Population	3,159	1,754
Median age	36.2 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$60,987
Median home value	$170,700	$116,900
Median gross rent	$1,137	$1,024
Housing units	1,312	1,124
Homeownership rate	71.1%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Early	Lake Brownwood
Population	2,986 → 3,159 (+5.8%)	1,410 → 1,754 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$51,420 → $69,375 (+34.9%)	$54,243 → $60,987 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $170,700 (+54.8%)	$70,100 → $116,900 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,137 (+43.0%)	$668 → $1,024 (+53.3%)

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

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)

	Early	Lake Brownwood
Under 5	8.3%	12.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	9.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	18.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	13.7%
75 and over	9.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Early	Lake Brownwood
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Early	Lake Brownwood
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	25.1%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Early	Lake Brownwood
Drove alone	79.7%	89.9%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Early	Lake Brownwood
1-unit, detached	69.4%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Early	Lake Brownwood
Poverty rate	9.8%	18.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	37
Median year structure built	1983	1982