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Brownsville, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Brownsville is a Census city of 1,068 people across 2.61 square miles of land, in Edmonson County. Median household income is $35,481, 48.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $85,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Brownsville
What Brownsville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.61 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land409 plus or minus 114
- County holding the largest share of its areaEdmonson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brownsville
How many people live in Brownsville
- Population1,068 plus or minus 298
- Median age38.8
- Population under 18309 plus or minus 86
- Share under 1828.9 percent plus or minus 11.4
- Population 65 and over273 plus or minus 75
- Share 65 and over25.6 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Households411 plus or minus 97
- Family households295 plus or minus 97
- Share of households that are families71.8 percent plus or minus 16.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brownsville
Income and work in Brownsville
- Median household income$35,481 plus or minus $19,264
- Per capita income$19,803
- Civilian labor force350 plus or minus 138
- Employed335 plus or minus 138
- Unemployed15 plus or minus 16
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Adults 25 and over703 plus or minus 164
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher70.8 percent plus or minus 22.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher6.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brownsville
Housing in Brownsville
- Housing units525 plus or minus 126
- Occupied units411 plus or minus 97
- Vacant units114 plus or minus 70
- Vacancy rate21.7 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Owner occupied201 plus or minus 80
- Renter occupied210 plus or minus 60
- Ownership rate48.9 percent plus or minus 15.7
- Median owner-occupied home value$161,000 plus or minus $108,607
- Median gross rent, monthly$675 plus or minus $268
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.8 percent plus or minus 15.4
- Single family units288 plus or minus 104
- Share single family54.9 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Units in buildings of two or more158 plus or minus 64
- Share in buildings of two or more30.1 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Mobile homes79 plus or minus 37
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brownsville
How Brownsville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute329 plus or minus 137
- Commuting under 15 minutes167 plus or minus 130
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.8 percent plus or minus 33.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more126 plus or minus 55
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.3 percent
- Drove alone55.2 percent plus or minus 29.8
- Carpooled15.4 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked26.4 percent plus or minus 32.4
- Worked from home2.4 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brownsville
SBA loans in Brownsville (7(a))
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$85,000
- Average approval$42,500
- Median approval$42,500
- Largest approval$60,000
- Jobs supported1
- Jobs per approval0.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term102 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brownsville, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Brownsville
Flood risk in Brownsville
- NFIP communityCity of Brownsville
- NFIP community number210236
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date10/19/10
The City of Brownsville participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 210236 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Edmonson County, not Brownsville
Edmonson County context, not Brownsville figures
- Establishments in Edmonson County130
- Covered employment, Edmonson County1,681
- Average annual pay, Edmonson County$42,464
Every figure in this section is published for Edmonson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brownsville.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Brownsville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brownsville, Kentucky?
1,068, in 411 households. Brownsville city covers 2.61 square miles of land, which is 409 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brownsville in?
Edmonson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Brownsville?
$35,481. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $161,000. Median gross rent is $675 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Brownsville businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totaling $85,000 since FY2020, across 2 lenders, median approval $42,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brownsville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Brownsville borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Brownsville. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Brownsville in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Brownsville appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Brownsville, city of, community 210236, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Brownsville figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Edmonson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Brownsville.
Is zoning published for Brownsville?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.