Brownsville is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 883 people and two associated neighborhoods, Brownsville is the 270th largest community in Kentucky.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Brownsville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Brownsville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Brownsville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Brownsville may be for you.
Being a small city, Brownsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Brownsville has a very low overall level of education: only 9.45% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Brownsville in 2022 was $15,605, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,420 for a family of four. However, Brownsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Brownsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brownsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Brownsville include German, Irish, English, Austrian, and Portuguese.
The most common language spoken in Brownsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include West Germanic languages and Italian.