Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2.1 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Oregon town.
Brownsville’s best subject grades are an A for civic life and an A− for history; its weakest is a D for cost of living. 85% of households own their home in Brownsville, above both Oregon’s towns (65%) and U.S. towns (73%). Brownsville has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them John M. Moyer House and First Baptist Church of Brownsville. Brownsville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Brownsville beats most towns.
John M. Moyer House
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1874.
11 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Brownsville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brownsville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Oct 2, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Brownsville.
Most working residents leave Brownsville for work: only 4% work in town. At 28 minutes, Brownsville’s average trip to work is above both the Oregon town median (23 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). 7.1% of workers work from home in Brownsville.
| Brownsville | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.1% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 9.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–10 | Grades K–10 | 93 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brownsville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Brownsville has mild winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 36° and about 1 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Oregon average. Brownsville has grown 12% since 2020, to 1,904 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 22% of Brownsville residents are 65 or older.
| Brownsville | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1 point. Across Oregon, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Brownsville | OR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.2% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.5% | 9.6% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.1% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.4% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.8% | 22.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.3% | 23.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.4% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.3% | 14.1% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
The typical Brownsville home is worth about $438,000, up 0.6% in a year, 11% below the Oregon typical home. Brownsville’s median rent is $1,665 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Brownsville beats the Oregon average on 2 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Brownsville | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 72% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 21% | 25% |
| What stands out | Brownsville | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.5% | 12.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.5% | 8.5% |
| More adults with arthritis | 33% | 27.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Brownsville is 0.2 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Pioneer Park, at 28 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pioneer Park | 0.2 mi | 28 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Brownsville
About 5 of every 100 Brownsville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oregon.
Where Brownsville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
11 places in Brownsville on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Oregon, United States
Brownsville is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,694.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
2.1 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Oregon town.
Yes. That is 5.7 years of the area's median household income ($76,329 across the Albany, OR metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
2 notable people were born here, including Malcolm A. Moody and Oliver P. Coshow.
