Brookshire vs Pine Island

A side-by-side comparison of Brookshire and Pine Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookshire has the higher population (5,330 vs 1,226 in Pine Island). Pine Island has the higher median household income ($63,523 vs $62,987 in Brookshire). Pine Island has the higher median home value ($367,400 vs $117,000 in Brookshire).

Population, income & housing

	Brookshire	Pine Island
Population	5,330	1,226
Median age	26.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,987	$63,523
Median home value	$117,000	$367,400
Median gross rent	$1,300	$647
Housing units	1,766	498
Homeownership rate	58.5%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookshire	Pine Island
Population	5,376 → 5,330 (-0.9%)	1,312 → 1,226 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$42,986 → $62,987 (+46.5%)	$42,194 → $63,523 (+50.5%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $117,000 (+39.0%)	$187,500 → $367,400 (+95.9%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,300 (+35.4%)	$855 → $647 (-24.3%)

Brookshire

Population

5,3765,330

Median household income

$42,986$62,987

Median home value

$84,200$117,000

Median gross rent

$960$1,300

Pine Island

Population

1,3121,226

Median household income

$42,194$63,523

Median home value

$187,500$367,400

Median gross rent

$855$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookshire	Pine Island
Under 5	8.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	26.5%	24.4%
18 to 24	13.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	18.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	4.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	2.6%	18.2%
75 and over	2.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookshire	Pine Island
White (non-Hispanic)	13.7%	52.0%
Black or African American	20.0%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	63.4%	34.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookshire	Pine Island
No high school diploma	29.1%	11.8%
High school graduate	24.2%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookshire	Pine Island
Drove alone	89.4%	71.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookshire	Pine Island
1-unit, detached	43.3%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.3%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Brookshire	Pine Island
Poverty rate	17.2%	12.4%
Average household size	3.26	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1989	1997