Brownwood, Texas

Brownwood population, 2020 to 2024

Brownwood lost 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +60. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 315th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Brownwood is 1.2 times that size.

Brownwood covers 14.92 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,258 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Brownwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Brownwood is in

All of Brownwood's residents live in Brown County, which had 38,631 residents in 2024. Brownwood holds 48.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brownwood

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Brownwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76801, 76802. 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 Brownwood is

The Census internal point of Brownwood is at 31.712900, -98.977100. Austin, the capital, is 123.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Stephenville, TX (22,147 people), 56.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Abilene, TX, 67.9 miles away.

Daylight in Brownwood

At 31.71° N, Brownwood gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brownwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Early, 3.1 miles away, with 3,174 people.