Brownsville vs Los Fresnos

A side-by-side comparison of Brownsville and Los Fresnos: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownsville and Los Fresnos 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 8,174 in Los Fresnos). Los Fresnos has the higher median household income ($64,048 vs $48,675 in Brownsville). Los Fresnos has the higher median home value ($123,300 vs $122,400 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Los Fresnos
Population	188,023	8,174
Median age	30.9 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$48,675	$64,048
Median home value	$122,400	$123,300
Median gross rent	$906	$876
Housing units	63,750	2,547
Homeownership rate	59.9%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Los Fresnos
Population	182,271 → 188,023 (+3.2%)	7,738 → 8,174 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$38,588 → $48,675 (+26.1%)	$45,677 → $64,048 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $122,400 (+36.0%)	$105,400 → $123,300 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $906 (+23.1%)	$863 → $876 (+1.5%)

Brownsville

Population

182,271188,023

Median household income

$38,588$48,675

Median home value

$90,000$122,400

Median gross rent

$736$906

Los Fresnos

Population

7,7388,174

Median household income

$45,677$64,048

Median home value

$105,400$123,300

Median gross rent

$863$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Los Fresnos
Under 5	7.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.6%	29.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	4.3%
75 and over	5.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Los Fresnos
White (non-Hispanic)	4.2%	11.1%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	94.2%	88.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Los Fresnos
No high school diploma	29.2%	25.8%
High school graduate	24.8%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Los Fresnos
Drove alone	76.6%	79.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	16.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Los Fresnos
1-unit, detached	67.7%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	9.2%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Los Fresnos
Poverty rate	24.9%	33.1%
Average household size	3.19	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1993	1999