Brownsville vs San Benito

A side-by-side comparison of Brownsville and San Benito: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownsville and San Benito 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 24,677 in San Benito). Brownsville has the higher median household income ($48,675 vs $41,445 in San Benito). Brownsville has the higher median home value ($122,400 vs $85,100 in San Benito).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	San Benito
Population	188,023	24,677
Median age	30.9 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,675	$41,445
Median home value	$122,400	$85,100
Median gross rent	$906	$885
Housing units	63,750	8,867
Homeownership rate	59.9%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	San Benito
Population	182,271 → 188,023 (+3.2%)	24,371 → 24,677 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$38,588 → $48,675 (+26.1%)	$27,460 → $41,445 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $122,400 (+36.0%)	$57,000 → $85,100 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $906 (+23.1%)	$703 → $885 (+25.9%)

Brownsville

Population

182,271188,023

Median household income

$38,588$48,675

Median home value

$90,000$122,400

Median gross rent

$736$906

San Benito

Population

24,37124,677

Median household income

$27,460$41,445

Median home value

$57,000$85,100

Median gross rent

$703$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	San Benito
Under 5	7.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	21.6%	23.5%
18 to 24	12.2%	12.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.1%
75 and over	5.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	San Benito
White (non-Hispanic)	4.2%	8.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	94.2%	90.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	San Benito
No high school diploma	29.2%	29.5%
High school graduate	24.8%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	San Benito
Drove alone	76.6%	75.6%
Carpooled	12.2%	12.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	9.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	San Benito
1-unit, detached	67.7%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	9.2%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	San Benito
Poverty rate	24.9%	28.0%
Average household size	3.19	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1993	1985