Brownfield vs Meadow

A side-by-side comparison of Brownfield and Meadow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brownfield has the higher population (8,803 vs 834 in Meadow). Meadow has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $43,189 in Brownfield). Brownfield has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $64,000 in Meadow).

Population, income & housing

	Brownfield	Meadow
Population	8,803	834
Median age	36.3 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,189	$60,000
Median home value	$109,900	$64,000
Median gross rent	$815	$718
Housing units	3,701	259
Homeownership rate	64.5%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownfield	Meadow
Population	9,525 → 8,803 (-7.6%)	761 → 834 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$39,912 → $43,189 (+8.2%)	$56,477 → $60,000 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $109,900 (+46.5%)	$91,300 → $64,000 (-29.9%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $815 (+16.6%)	$550 → $718 (+30.5%)

Brownfield

Population

9,5258,803

Median household income

$39,912$43,189

Median home value

$75,000$109,900

Median gross rent

$699$815

Meadow

Population

761834

Median household income

$56,477$60,000

Median home value

$91,300$64,000

Median gross rent

$550$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownfield	Meadow
Under 5	6.1%	18.2%
5 to 17	19.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.2%
75 and over	7.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownfield	Meadow
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	19.5%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	61.0%	79.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownfield	Meadow
No high school diploma	22.4%	20.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownfield	Meadow
Drove alone	80.4%	71.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	20.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownfield	Meadow
1-unit, detached	86.5%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Brownfield	Meadow
Poverty rate	27.2%	3.9%
Average household size	2.34	3.83
Mean commute (minutes)	18	41
Median year structure built	1966	1963