Brownwood, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Brownwood, TX: 1 USPS ZIP, population 25,552. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BROWNWOOD-TX · Brownwood, TX 1 ZIPs · 25,552 pop · #20279/25278 · Brown County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $54,231
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20279/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bangs
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 63% owners
  • POP-SMALL 25,552
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $150,400

Nearest income peer: Bangs, TX (+ $925 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 Brownwood

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Brownwood on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Brownwood, TX sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

20th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
25,552
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$54,231
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 1 ZIP ($54,231 average) · poverty 17.6%. The primary code (76801) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (63.1%) for this income tier, rent $885 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Texas, Tennessee Colony is the closest lower-income city and Meyersville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Brownwood.

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ZIP Codes in Brownwood, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Brown County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Brownwood. See the Brown County roll-up →

Brownwood sits in the lower half of Brown County on income: Early, Blanket and Zephyr report more, and only May reports less. Early marks the far end of that range at $70,714, 30% above Brownwood.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
76801 25,552 26 America/Chicago

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Brownwood, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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