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Brownsville, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Brownsville is a Census city of 9,622 people across 9.86 square miles of land, in Haywood County. Median household income is $43,494, 47.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.1 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Brownsville
What Brownsville is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.86 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land976
- County holding the largest share of its areaHaywood 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
- Population9,622
- Median age40.4
- Population under 182,333
- Share under 1824.2 percent
- Population 65 and over1,973
- Share 65 and over20.5 percent
- Households3,856
- Family households2,203
- Share of households that are families57.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brownsville
Income and work in Brownsville
- Median household income$43,494
- Per capita income$24,360
- Civilian labor force4,205
- Employed3,842
- Unemployed363 plus or minus 135
- Unemployment rate8.6 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Adults 25 and over6,505
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brownsville
Housing in Brownsville
- Housing units4,322
- Occupied units3,856
- Vacant units466 plus or minus 154
- Vacancy rate10.8 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied1,837
- Renter occupied2,019
- Ownership rate47.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$158,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$767
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.2 percent
- Single family units3,389
- Share single family78.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more903 plus or minus 239
- Share in buildings of two or more20.9 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Mobile homes21 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1975
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 commute3,621
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,545
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,598
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.1 percent
- Drove alone82.2 percent
- Carpooled9.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.2 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home3.6 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brownsville
SBA loans in Brownsville (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,085,000
- Average approval$361,667
- Median approval$150,000
- Largest approval$850,000
- Jobs supported24
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full0
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more33.3 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
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 number470087
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date04/16/08
The City of Brownsville participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 470087 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.
Haywood County, not Brownsville
Haywood County context, not Brownsville figures
- Establishments in Haywood County292
- Covered employment, Haywood County8,085
- Average annual pay, Haywood County$74,843
- Housing units permitted, Haywood County27
Every figure in this section is published for Haywood 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. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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, Tennessee?
9,622, in 3,856 households. Brownsville city covers 9.86 square miles of land, which is 976 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?
Haywood 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?
$43,494. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $158,100. Median gross rent is $767 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?
3 7(a) approvals totaling $1.1 m since FY2020, across 2 lenders, median approval $150,000. 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 470087, 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 Haywood 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.
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