Brownsboro vs Gun Barrel City

A side-by-side comparison of Brownsboro and Gun Barrel City: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownsboro and Gun Barrel City are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gun Barrel City has the higher population (6,408 vs 1,479 in Brownsboro). Gun Barrel City has the higher median household income ($69,273 vs $65,250 in Brownsboro). Gun Barrel City has the higher median home value ($229,300 vs $180,700 in Brownsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsboro	Gun Barrel City
Population	1,479	6,408
Median age	29.5 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,250	$69,273
Median home value	$180,700	$229,300
Median gross rent	$1,179	$922
Housing units	533	3,013
Homeownership rate	54.8%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsboro	Gun Barrel City
Population	1,185 → 1,479 (+24.8%)	6,084 → 6,408 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $65,250 (+27.3%)	$43,839 → $69,273 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$95,200 → $180,700 (+89.8%)	$122,100 → $229,300 (+87.8%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,179 (+38.7%)	$709 → $922 (+30.0%)

Brownsboro

Population

1,1851,479

Median household income

$51,250$65,250

Median home value

$95,200$180,700

Median gross rent

$850$1,179

Gun Barrel City

Population

6,0846,408

Median household income

$43,839$69,273

Median home value

$122,100$229,300

Median gross rent

$709$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsboro	Gun Barrel City
Under 5	14.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	8.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	13.6%
75 and over	7.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsboro	Gun Barrel City
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	92.3%
Black or African American	5.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsboro	Gun Barrel City
No high school diploma	13.5%	10.5%
High school graduate	34.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsboro	Gun Barrel City
Drove alone	76.0%	66.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsboro	Gun Barrel City
1-unit, detached	62.3%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	6.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownsboro	Gun Barrel City
Poverty rate	15.0%	14.0%
Average household size	2.88	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1989	1987