Brown County vs Wharton County

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

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

Wharton County has the higher population (41,651 vs 38,294 in Brown County). Wharton County has the higher median household income ($66,100 vs $55,305 in Brown County). Wharton County has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $149,900 in Brown County).

Population, income & housing

	Brown County	Wharton County
Population	38,294	41,651
Median age	41.4 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,305	$66,100
Median home value	$149,900	$182,700
Median gross rent	$887	$986
Housing units	19,087	17,546
Homeownership rate	68.2%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brown County	Wharton County
Population	37,855 → 38,294 (+1.2%)	41,577 → 41,651 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$48,365 → $55,305 (+14.3%)	$48,310 → $66,100 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $149,900 (+46.2%)	$128,100 → $182,700 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $887 (+15.9%)	$775 → $986 (+27.2%)

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

Wharton County

Population

41,57741,651

Median household income

$48,310$66,100

Median home value

$128,100$182,700

Median gross rent

$775$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brown County	Wharton County
Under 5	5.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.4%
75 and over	8.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brown County	Wharton County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	43.9%
Black or African American	3.2%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	41.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brown County	Wharton County
No high school diploma	12.3%	16.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brown County	Wharton County
Drove alone	81.5%	80.4%
Carpooled	10.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brown County	Wharton County
1-unit, detached	66.9%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Brown County	Wharton County
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1977	1978