One of the benefits of Brownwood is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.24 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Brownwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Brownwood who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.69% of the adults in Brownwood have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Brownwood in 2018 was $25,906, which is lower middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,624 for a family of four. However, Brownwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Brownwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brownwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brownwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Brownwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.67% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brownwood include Irish, German, European, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in Brownwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
