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Brenham city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Brenham city is a Census city of 18,641 people across 13.05 square miles of land, in Washington County. Median household income is $65,112, 51.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 16 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $18.6 m.
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Brenham
What Brenham is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.05 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,428
- County holding the largest share of its areaWashington 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.
Brenham
How many people live in Brenham
- Population18,641
- Median age33.8
- Population under 184,094
- Share under 1822.0 percent
- Population 65 and over3,770
- Share 65 and over20.2 percent
- Households7,659
- Family households4,078
- Share of households that are families53.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brenham
Income and work in Brenham
- Median household income$65,112
- Per capita income$31,724
- Civilian labor force8,385
- Employed8,094
- Unemployed291 plus or minus 135
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over11,122
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.0 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brenham
Housing in Brenham
- Housing units8,306
- Occupied units7,659
- Vacant units647 plus or minus 231
- Vacancy rate7.8 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied3,911
- Renter occupied3,748
- Ownership rate51.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$241,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,157
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.3 percent
- Single family units5,279
- Share single family63.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,562
- Share in buildings of two or more30.8 percent
- Mobile homes465 plus or minus 239
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brenham
How Brenham gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute7,303
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,432
- Share commuting under 15 minutes60.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,447 plus or minus 358
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.8 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Drove alone75.9 percent
- Carpooled10.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home8.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Brenham
SBA 7(a) lending to Brenham borrowers
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$18,598,000
- Average approval$1,162,375
- Median approval$570,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,655,000
- Largest approval$3,754,000
- Jobs supported134
- Jobs per approval8.4
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full3
- Charged off1
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises50.0 percent
- Distinct lenders14
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Brenham
SBA 504 lending to Brenham borrowers
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$11,067,000
- Average approval$1,844,500
- Median approval$2,169,000
- Largest approval$3,430,000
- Jobs supported188
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Brenham
Flood programme status in Brenham
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480648
- Currently effective map date05/16/19
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Washington County, not Brenham
Washington County context, not Brenham figures
These are Washington County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Brenham measurements.
- Establishments in Washington County996
- Employment at those establishments, Washington County13,280
- Covered employment, Washington County16,646
- Average annual pay, Washington County$50,773
- Average weekly wage, Washington County$976
- Housing units permitted, Washington County111
- Of those, single family, Washington County107
- County product, 2024, Washington County$3,021,832,000
- County product change over the prior year, Washington County-2.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Washington County$110,151
Every figure in this section is published for Washington County as a whole and is not a measurement of Brenham. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Brenham questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Brenham, Texas?
18,641, in 7,659 households. Brenham city covers 13.05 square miles of land, which is 1,428 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Brenham in?
Washington 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 Brenham?
$65,112. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $241,100. Median gross rent is $1,157 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Brenham businesses?
16 7(a) approvals totalling $18.6 m, across 14 lenders, median approval $570,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $11.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Brenham, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Brenham borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Brenham. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Brenham in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Brenham appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480648, 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 Brenham figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Washington 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 Brenham.
Is zoning published for Brenham?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.