Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Brownfield spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.63 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Brownfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Brownfield has a very low overall level of education: only 8.33% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Brownfield in 2022 was $24,221, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,884 for a family of four. However, Brownfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Brownfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brownfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Brownfield, accounting for 63.44% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Brownfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brownfield include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Brownfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
