Brownsville, TX
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Brownsville, TX: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 195,686. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet BROWNSVILLE-TX · Brownsville, TX 3 ZIPs · 195,686 pop · #19964/25278 · Cameron County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $55,063
- RANK-LOWER #19964/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Port Isabel
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 63% owners
- POP-MID 195,686
- SPREAD-MOD 78521→78526
- HOME-LOW $143,567
Nearest income peer: Port Isabel, TX ( $3,183 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Brownsville
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Brownsville on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Combes · lowest
Combes · lowest
$39,000 median HH income
- Rio Hondo · near
Rio Hondo · near
$51,453 median HH income
- Port Isabel · near
Port Isabel · near
$51,880 median HH income
- Brownsville · this city
Brownsville · this city
$55,063 median HH income
- Harlingen · near
Harlingen · near
$59,409 median HH income
- Los Fresnos · near
Los Fresnos · near
$60,187 median HH income
- Olmito · highest
Olmito · highest
$71,765 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Brownsville, TX sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 21st pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 195,686
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $55,063
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 3 ZIPs ($55,063 average) · poverty 23.4%. The primary code (78521) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (63.2%) for this income tier, rent $950 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Texas, Elmendorf is the closest lower-income city and Bronte the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Brownsville.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Brownsville differ
Brownsville's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $44,509 in ZIP 78521 to $70,565 in ZIP 78526, while home values span $99,700 in 78521 to $185,000 in 78526. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.6×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.9×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 13.3 points
78521 to 78526
78521 to 78526
78526 to 78521
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 78521 skews compact Brownsville
In this 3-ZIP cluster, 78521 covers about 48% of Brownsville's 195,686 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Brownsville
Citywide ZBP: 3,322 establishments, 61,268 employees , annual payroll $2,305,751k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 78521 (1,384 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (557) · also Retail trade · Accommodation and food services .
ZIP Codes in Brownsville, TX
These ZIP codes sit in Cameron County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Brownsville. See the Cameron County roll-up →
Brownsville lands mid-pack among the 10 cities sharing Cameron County: Harlingen, Los Fresnos and Olmito earn more and San Benito, La Feria and Port Isabel earn less. Olmito marks the far end of that range at $71,765, 30% above Brownsville.
Side-by-side: Compare 78521 vs 78520 →
Brownsville roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Brownsville, .