Brownsville vs La Feria

A side-by-side comparison of Brownsville and La Feria: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownsville and La Feria 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 6,821 in La Feria). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($48,675 vs $42,992 in La Feria). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($122,400 vs $99,100 in La Feria).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	La Feria
Population	188,023	6,821
Median age	30.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,675	$42,992
Median home value	$122,400	$99,100
Median gross rent	$906	$1,010
Housing units	63,750	3,164
Homeownership rate	59.9%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	La Feria
Population	182,271 → 188,023 (+3.2%)	7,267 → 6,821 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$38,588 → $48,675 (+26.1%)	$32,011 → $42,992 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $122,400 (+36.0%)	$55,600 → $99,100 (+78.2%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $906 (+23.1%)	$704 → $1,010 (+43.5%)

Brownsville

Population

182,271188,023

Median household income

$38,588$48,675

Median home value

$90,000$122,400

Median gross rent

$736$906

La Feria

Population

7,2676,821

Median household income

$32,011$42,992

Median home value

$55,600$99,100

Median gross rent

$704$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	La Feria
Under 5	7.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	21.6%	24.0%
18 to 24	12.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	8.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.1%
75 and over	5.2%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	La Feria
White (non-Hispanic)	4.2%	7.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
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%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	94.2%	91.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	La Feria
No high school diploma	29.2%	26.7%
High school graduate	24.8%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	La Feria
Drove alone	76.6%	89.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	2.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	La Feria
1-unit, detached	67.7%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	27.7%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	La Feria
Poverty rate	24.9%	28.7%
Average household size	3.19	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1993	1987