Brownsville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 9,386 people and five associated neighborhoods, Brownsville is the 67th largest community in Tennessee.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Brownsville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.50% of the Brownsville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Brownsville is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brownsville who work in sales jobs (10.97%), maintenance occupations (9.95%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (7.71%). Brownsville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In Brownsville, just 11.83% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Brownsville in 2022 was $21,811, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,244 for a family of four. However, Brownsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Brownsville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brownsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brownsville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Brownsville include English, German, Irish, African, and Other Arab. The most common language spoken in Brownsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
