Lake Brownwood vs Zephyr

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

Lake Brownwood and Zephyr 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 215 in Zephyr). Lake Brownwood has the higher median household income ($60,987 vs $29,543 in Zephyr). Lake Brownwood has the higher median home value ($116,900 vs $65,000 in Zephyr).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Brownwood	Zephyr
Population	1,754	215
Median age	47.3 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,987	$29,543
Median home value	$116,900	$65,000
Median gross rent	$1,024	$850
Housing units	1,124	110
Homeownership rate	75.3%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Brownwood	Zephyr
Population	1,410 → 1,754 (+24.4%)	191 → 215 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$54,243 → $60,987 (+12.4%)	$27,468 → $29,543 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$70,100 → $116,900 (+66.8%)	$75,500 → $65,000 (-13.9%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $1,024 (+53.3%)	$720 → $850 (+18.1%)

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

Zephyr

Population

191215

Median household income

$27,468$29,543

Median home value

$75,500$65,000

Median gross rent

$720$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Brownwood	Zephyr
Under 5	12.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	9.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	15.3%
25 to 34	8.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	5.6%
45 to 54	18.0%	17.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	4.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	12.6%
75 and over	6.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Brownwood	Zephyr
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Brownwood	Zephyr
No high school diploma	8.3%	34.4%
High school graduate	48.0%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Brownwood	Zephyr
Drove alone	89.9%	93.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Brownwood	Zephyr
1-unit, detached	63.1%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	33.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.8%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Brownwood	Zephyr
Poverty rate	18.8%	4.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	37	18
Median year structure built	1982	1974