Brownsville vs Cameron Park

A side-by-side comparison of Brownsville and Cameron Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownsville and Cameron Park are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brownsville has the higher population (188,023 vs 6,180 in Cameron Park). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($48,675 vs $37,140 in Cameron Park). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($122,400 vs $75,500 in Cameron Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Cameron Park
Population	188,023	6,180
Median age	30.9 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,675	$37,140
Median home value	$122,400	$75,500
Median gross rent	$906	$758
Housing units	63,750	1,646
Homeownership rate	59.9%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Cameron Park
Population	182,271 → 188,023 (+3.2%)	6,241 → 6,180 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$38,588 → $48,675 (+26.1%)	$31,583 → $37,140 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $122,400 (+36.0%)	$66,300 → $75,500 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $906 (+23.1%)	$674 → $758 (+12.5%)

Brownsville

Population

182,271188,023

Median household income

$38,588$48,675

Median home value

$90,000$122,400

Median gross rent

$736$906

Cameron Park

Population

6,2416,180

Median household income

$31,583$37,140

Median home value

$66,300$75,500

Median gross rent

$674$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Cameron Park
Under 5	7.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.6%	23.6%
18 to 24	12.2%	13.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.2%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.0%
75 and over	5.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Cameron Park
White (non-Hispanic)	4.2%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	94.2%	96.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Cameron Park
No high school diploma	29.2%	57.4%
High school graduate	24.8%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Cameron Park
Drove alone	76.6%	69.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	16.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	10.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Cameron Park
1-unit, detached	67.7%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Cameron Park
Poverty rate	24.9%	40.6%
Average household size	3.19	3.89
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1993	1988