Brenham vs Burton

A side-by-side comparison of Brenham and Burton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brenham has the higher population (18,086 vs 219 in Burton). Burton has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $57,207 in Brenham). Burton has the higher median home value ($265,900 vs $223,200 in Brenham).

Population, income & housing

	Brenham	Burton
Population	18,086	219
Median age	34.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,207	$70,000
Median home value	$223,200	$265,900
Median gross rent	$1,087	$1,175
Housing units	7,810	146
Homeownership rate	56.8%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brenham	Burton
Population	17,123 → 18,086 (+5.6%)	387 → 219 (-43.4%)
Median household income	$45,197 → $57,207 (+26.6%)	$43,250 → $70,000 (+61.8%)
Median home value	$163,800 → $223,200 (+36.3%)	$115,000 → $265,900 (+131.2%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,087 (+25.7%)	$667 → $1,175 (+76.2%)

Brenham

Population

17,12318,086

Median household income

$45,197$57,207

Median home value

$163,800$223,200

Median gross rent

$865$1,087

Burton

Population

387219

Median household income

$43,250$70,000

Median home value

$115,000$265,900

Median gross rent

$667$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brenham	Burton
Under 5	5.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	24.2%
18 to 24	17.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.2%
75 and over	9.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brenham	Burton
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	68.9%
Black or African American	22.0%	28.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brenham	Burton
No high school diploma	12.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	28.2%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brenham	Burton
Drove alone	80.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	6.5%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.8%
Other means	2.1%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brenham	Burton
1-unit, detached	62.1%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.4%
20 or more units	9.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Brenham	Burton
Poverty rate	18.7%	13.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1985	1952