Texas · Census place 4810720

Brownfield, Texas

Brownfield is a city in Terry County, Texas with an estimated 8,682 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 279th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,682
#279 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-225 people
Land area
6.5 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,334 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Brownfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Brownfield population, 2020 to 2024

Brownfield lost 225 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +5. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 363rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Brownfield is 57% of it.

8,90720208,83220218,60020228,67720238,6822024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,937. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brownfield covers 6.51 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,334 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Brownfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Brownfield is in

All of Brownfield's residents live in Terry County, which had 11,602 residents in 2024. Brownfield holds 74.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brownfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brownfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79316. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Brownfield is

The Census internal point of Brownfield is at 33.175500, -102.273400. Austin, the capital, is 333.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Levelland, TX (12,494 people), 28.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lubbock, TX, 34.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.175500, -102.273400
DMS
33°10'31.80"N 102°16'24.24"W
UTM
13N 754240.9E 3674055.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
855V5PGG+6J

Daylight in Brownfield

At 33.18° N, Brownfield gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brownfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Sundown, 23.2 miles away, with 1,306 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brownfield, TX?

8,682 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 225 (2.5%) from 8,907 in July 2020.

What county is Brownfield in?

Terry County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Brownfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79316.

How far is Brownfield from Austin?

333.4 miles (536.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Brownfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Brownfield?

Levelland, TX, with 12,494 residents, 28.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.