Lake Brownwood vs May

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

Lake Brownwood and May 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 151 in May). May has the higher median household income ($64,000 vs $60,987 in Lake Brownwood). Lake Brownwood has the higher median home value ($116,900 vs $83,300 in May).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Brownwood	May
Population	1,754	151
Median age	47.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,987	$64,000
Median home value	$116,900	$83,300
Median gross rent	$1,024	—
Housing units	1,124	120
Homeownership rate	75.3%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Brownwood	May
Population	1,410 → 1,754 (+24.4%)	285 → 151 (-47.0%)
Median household income	$54,243 → $60,987 (+12.4%)	$50,078 → $64,000 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$70,100 → $116,900 (+66.8%)	$70,700 → $83,300 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $1,024 (+53.3%)	—

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

May

Population

285151

Median household income

$50,078$64,000

Median home value

$70,700$83,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Brownwood	May
Under 5	12.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	9.9%	25.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	25.2%
45 to 54	18.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	2.6%
75 and over	6.7%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Brownwood	May
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	3.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Brownwood	May
No high school diploma	8.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	42.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Brownwood	May
Drove alone	89.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Brownwood	May
1-unit, detached	63.1%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Brownwood	May
Poverty rate	18.8%	12.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	37	8
Median year structure built	1982	1952