Brown County vs Upshur County

A side-by-side comparison of Brown County and Upshur County: population, income, housing, and more.

Brown County and Upshur County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Upshur County has the higher population (41,864 vs 38,294 in Brown County). Upshur County has the higher median household income ($62,794 vs $55,305 in Brown County). Upshur County has the higher median home value ($171,200 vs $149,900 in Brown County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Upshur County
Population	38,294	41,864
Median age	41.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,305	$62,794
Median home value	$149,900	$171,200
Median gross rent	$887	$1,015
Housing units	19,087	17,444
Homeownership rate	68.2%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Upshur County
Population	37,855 → 38,294 (+1.2%)	41,018 → 41,864 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$48,365 → $55,305 (+14.3%)	$52,162 → $62,794 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $149,900 (+46.2%)	$141,200 → $171,200 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $887 (+15.9%)	$832 → $1,015 (+22.0%)

Brown County

Population

37,85538,294

Median household income

$48,365$55,305

Median home value

$102,500$149,900

Median gross rent

$765$887

Upshur County

Population

41,01841,864

Median household income

$52,162$62,794

Median home value

$141,200$171,200

Median gross rent

$832$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Upshur County
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.0%
75 and over	8.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Upshur County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	78.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Upshur County
No high school diploma	12.3%	13.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Upshur County
Drove alone	81.5%	83.3%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Upshur County
1-unit, detached	66.9%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Upshur County
Poverty rate	14.5%	13.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1977	1988