One of the benefits of Brownfield is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.63 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Brownfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Brownfield have a very low rate of college education: just 8.33% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
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.
