Brownfield vs Wellman

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

Brownfield and Wellman 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 300 in Wellman). Wellman has the higher median household income ($117,578 vs $43,189 in Brownfield). Wellman has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $109,900 in Brownfield).

Population, income & housing

	Brownfield	Wellman
Population	8,803	300
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,189	$117,578
Median home value	$109,900	$144,600
Median gross rent	$815	$518
Housing units	3,701	126
Homeownership rate	64.5%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownfield	Wellman
Population	9,525 → 8,803 (-7.6%)	190 → 300 (+57.9%)
Median household income	$39,912 → $43,189 (+8.2%)	$63,125 → $117,578 (+86.3%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $109,900 (+46.5%)	$35,000 → $144,600 (+313.1%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $815 (+16.6%)	$411 → $518 (+26.0%)

Brownfield

Population

9,5258,803

Median household income

$39,912$43,189

Median home value

$75,000$109,900

Median gross rent

$699$815

Wellman

Population

190300

Median household income

$63,125$117,578

Median home value

$35,000$144,600

Median gross rent

$411$518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownfield	Wellman
Under 5	6.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	34.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	1.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	29.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	3.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	12.0%
75 and over	7.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownfield	Wellman
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	43.7%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	3.0%
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%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	61.0%	46.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownfield	Wellman
No high school diploma	22.4%	28.6%
High school graduate	38.1%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownfield	Wellman
Drove alone	80.4%	87.3%
Carpooled	13.6%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownfield	Wellman
1-unit, detached	86.5%	98.4%
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%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Brownfield	Wellman
Poverty rate	27.2%	0.7%
Average household size	2.34	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1966	1963