Brownsville, FL

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2022 Population
17,817
0.513% 1-year growth
US Senator
Marco Rubio
Republican Party
US Senator
Rick Scott
Republican Party
2022 Median Age
38.2
10.7% 1-year increase
2022 Poverty Rate
29.7%
17.5% 1-year decrease
2022 Median Household Income
$34,779
14.4% 1-year growth
2022 Median Property Value
$242,900
5.98% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Brownsville, FL had a population of 17.8k people with a median age of 38.2 and a median household income of $34,779. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Brownsville, FL grew from 17,726 to 17,817, a 0.513% increase and its median household income grew from $30,394 to $34,779, a 14.4% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Brownsville, FL are Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (48.8%), White (Hispanic) (19.4%), Two+ (Hispanic) (17.2%), Other (Hispanic) (11.4%), and Black or African American (Hispanic) (1.23%).

None of the households in Brownsville, FL reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

80.7% of the residents in Brownsville, FL are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in Brownsville, FL was $242,900, and the homeownership rate was 34.5%.

Most people in Brownsville, FL drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 31 minutes. The average car ownership in Brownsville, FL was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Brownsville, FL is home to a population of 17.8k people, from which 80.7% are citizens. As of 2022, 35.1% of Brownsville, FL residents were born outside of the country (6.25k people).

In 2022, there were 2.52 times more Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents (8.7k people) in Brownsville, FL than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.45k White (Hispanic) and 3.07k Two+ (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

80.7%
2022 Citizenship
82.5%
2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 80.7% of Brownsville, FL residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Brownsville, FL was 82.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Brownsville, FL
  1. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    8.7k ± 1.41k
  2. White (Hispanic)
    3.45k ± 922
  3. Two+ (Hispanic)
    3.07k ± 986
49.2%
Hispanic Population
8.77k people

In 2022, there were 2.52 times more Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents (8.7k people) in Brownsville, FL than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.45k White (Hispanic) and 3.07k Two+ (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

49.2% of the people in Brownsville, FL are hispanic (8.77k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Brownsville, FL as a share of the total population.

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Foreign-Born Population

35.1%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
6.25k people
30.8%
2021 Foreign-Born Population
5.45k people

As of 2022, 35.1% of Brownsville, FL residents (6.25k people) were born outside of the United States, which is higher than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Brownsville, FL was 30.8%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    267 ± 210
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    149 ± 117
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    20 ± 45

Brownsville, FL has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.79 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Brownsville, FL employs 7.63k people. The largest industries in Brownsville, FL are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,091 people), Transportation & Warehousing (987 people), and Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (968 people), and the highest paying industries are Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($53,381), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($52,756), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation ($43,750).

Occupations

7.63k
2022 Value
± 930
6.94%
1 Year growth
± 16.3%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Brownsville, FL grew at a rate of 6.94%, from 7.13k employees to 7.63k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Brownsville, FL, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (836 people), Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (755 people), and Production Occupations (688 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Brownsville, FL.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

7.63k
2022 Value
± 930
6.94%
1 Year growth
± 16.3%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Brownsville, FL grew at a rate of 6.94%, from 7.13k employees to 7.63k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Brownsville, FL, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,091 people), Transportation & Warehousing (987 people), and Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (968 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Brownsville, FL, though some of these residents may live in Brownsville, FL and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$34,977
Median earning men ± $3,254
$24,306
Median earning women ± $5,128

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($57,541), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($46,513), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($43,250).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($53,551), Public Administration ($49,224), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($31,809).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
4.23%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.69M people employed in Florida. This represents a 4.23% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 12.6%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Florida.

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Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Florida went to Donald J. Trump with 51.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (47.9%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (0.635%).

Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are the senators currently representing the state of Florida. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Florida is currently represented by 28 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Florida

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Marco Rubio
Senator from Florida3
Assumed office on January 3, 2011
Rick Scott
Senator from Florida1
Assumed office on January 8, 2019
Inauguration delayed in order to finish his term as Governor of Florida.

Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are the senators currently representing Florida.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Florida over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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US Representatives from Florida

Florida is currently represented by 28 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Florida have changed over time starting in 2008.

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Education

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Educational Pyramid

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In 2022, 1.19% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.2% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

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Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (4.97M), Some college (3.58M), and Bachelors Degree (3.32M).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Brownsville, FL was $242,900 in 2022, which is 0.862 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $229,200 to $242,900, a 5.98% increase. The homeownership rate in Brownsville, FL is 34.5%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Brownsville, FL have an average commute time of 31 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Brownsville, FL is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Brownsville, FL is $34,779. In 2022, the place with the highest median household income in Brownsville, FL was Census Tract 18.01 with a value of $45,250, followed by Census Tract 17.02 and Census Tract 18.02, with respective values of $40,681 and $37,790.

Property

$242,900
Median Property Value 2022
±$19,874
$2,244
Median Property Taxes
±$509

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Brownsville, FL the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Brownsville, FL compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

34.5%
Homeownership
2022
74.8%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2022

In 2022, 34.5% of the housing units in Brownsville, FL were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 29.7%.

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Income by Location

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Highest Median Household Income (Total)
  1. Census Tract 18.01
  2. Census Tract 17.02
  3. Census Tract 18.02

In 2022, the place with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Brownsville, FL was Census Tract 18.01 with a value of $45,250, followed by Census Tract 17.02 and Census Tract 18.02, with respective values of $40,681 and $37,790.

The following map shows all of the places in Brownsville, FL colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$34,779
Median Household Income
± $4,132
6.5k
Number of Households
± 856

In 2022, the median household income of the 6.5k households in Brownsville, FL grew to $34,779 from the previous year's value of $30,394.

The following chart displays the households in Brownsville, FL distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Brownsville, FL is from Florida.
0.474
2022 Wage GINI in Florida
0.473
2021 Wage GINI in Florida

In 2022, the income inequality in Florida was 0.474 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.285% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Florida was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Florida in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022
  1. Drove Alone (78.7%)
  2. Public Transit (7.03%)
  3. Worked At Home (6.89%)

In 2022, 78.7% of workers in Brownsville, FL drove alone to work, followed by those who used public transit to get to work (7.03%) and those who worked at home (6.89%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

31 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Brownsville, FL have a longer commute time (31 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 0.848% of the workforce in Brownsville, FL have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Brownsville, FL distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Brownsville, FL have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

29.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Brownsville, FL (5.29k out of 17.8k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 6 - 11, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Brownsville, FL is Black, followed by Hispanic and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

78.8% of the population of Brownsville, FL has health coverage, with 23.7% on employee plans, 33.6% on Medicaid, 5.87% on Medicare, 15% on non-group plans, and 0.641% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Miami-Dade County, FL see 1209 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.165% decrease from the previous year (1211 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1330 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 498 patients per year.

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,209 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Miami-Dade County, FL

Primary care physicians in Miami-Dade County, FL see an average of 1,209 patients per year. This represents a 0.165% decrease from the previous year (1,211 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Miami-Dade County, FL in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 25.9% under 18 years, 19.8% between 18 and 34 years, 40.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 14.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

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Uninsured People

21.2%
Uninsured
23.7%
Employer Coverage
33.6%
Medicaid
5.87%
Medicare
15%
Non-Group
0.641%
Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Brownsville, FL declined by 7.15% from 22.8% to 21.2%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Brownsville, FL changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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