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Population (year 2000): 18,813. Estimated
population in July 2005: 19,566 (+4.0% change)
Males: 8,943 (47.5%), Females: 9,870 (52.5%)
Zip codes:
76801.
Median resident age: 33.4 years
Median household income: $27,325 (year 2000)
Median house value: $43,500 (year 2000)
Races in Brownwood:
- White Non-Hispanic (71.3%)
- Hispanic (21.3%)
- Other race (8.5%)
- Black (5.5%)
- Two or more races (2.1%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (12.6%), German
(9.0%), Irish (8.8%), English (7.7%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%), Dutch
(1.6%).
Land area: 12.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Brownwood
- High school or higher: 72.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
- Unemployed: 9.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 15.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Brownwood city
- Never married: 22.1%
- Now married: 53.2%
- Separated: 2.8%
- Widowed: 9.9%
- Divorced: 12.1%
4.2% Foreign born (3.2% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -271 (-1.4%).
Hospital/medical center in Brownwood:
- BROWNWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (1501
BURNET DR)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Brownwood:
- COMANCHE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 30 miles;
COMANCHE, TX)
- COLEMAN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 35 miles;
COLEMAN, TX)
- DELEON HOSPITAL (about 41 miles; DE LEON, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Brownwood:
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 68 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
ABI)
- DYESS AFB (about 78 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
- ROBERT GRAY AAF (about 92 miles; FORT HOOD/KILLEEN,
TX; ID: GRK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Brownwood:
- BROWNWOOD RGNL (about 6 miles; BROWNWOOD, TX; ID:
BWD)
- COMANCHE COUNTY-CITY (about 31 miles; COMANCHE, TX;
ID: 7F9)
- COLEMAN MUNI (about 31 miles; COLEMAN, TX; ID: COM)
Colleges/Universities in Brownwood:
- HOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY (Full-time
enrollment: 1,283; Location: 1000 FISK AVE; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.hputx.edu)
- CENTRAL TEXAS COMMERCIAL COLLEGE (FT
enrollment: 86; Location: PO BOX 1324; Private,
for-profit; Website: www.ctcc@web-access.net)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Brownwood:
- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles;
STEPHENVILLE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 6,068)
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 73 miles;
ABILENE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,380)
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles; Abilene,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,026)
- CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 93 miles; KILLEEN, TX;
FT enrollment: 6,777)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (about 113 miles;
BELTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,257)
- TEMPLE COLLEGE (about 120 miles; TEMPLE, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,054)
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 121 miles; SAN
ANGELO, TX; FT enrollment: 5,477)
Public high school in Brownwood:
- BROWNWOOD H S (Students: 1,059; Location:
2707 SOUTHSIDE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Brownwood:
- NORTHWEST EL (Students: 592; Location: 311
BLUFFVIEW DR & FM 3524; Grades: PK - 03)
- BROWNWOOD MIDDLE (Students: 517; Location:
STEPHEN F AUSTIN & CALVERT RD; Grades: 07 - 08)
- BROWNWOOD INT (Students: 485; Location: 800
ROGAN; Grades: 05 - 06)
- WOODLAND HEIGHTS EL (Students: 425; Location:
3900 4TH ST; Grades: PK - 03)
- RON JACKSON STATE JUVENILE CORR CO (Students:
344; Location: OLD BANGS RD; Grades: 05 - 12)
- COGGIN EL (Students: 254; Location: 1005 AVE
B; Grades: 04 - 04)
- EAST EL (Students: 253; Location: 2700
VINCENT & IDLEWILD; Grades: PK - 03)
- RON JACKSON STATE JUVENILE CORR CO (Students:
98; Location: OLD BANGS RD; Grades: 05 - 12)
- BROWNWOOD DAEP (Students: 14; Location: 2707
SOUTHSIDE; Grades: 01 - 12)
Private primary/middle school in Brownwood:
- LIVING WORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 36;
Location: 901 CC WOODSON RD; Grades: PK - 6)
Library in Brownwood:
- BROWNWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$258,550; Location: 600 CARNEGIE ST; 79,000 books; 1,215
audio materials; 143 serial subscriptions)
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