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Brownsville vs Pharr

Brownsville, TX compared with Pharr, TX · 46 miles apart

Brownsville has 192,957 residents to Pharr’s 80,830. Brownsville comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, bachelor's degree +. Pharr does better on median household income, average commute, price to income.

Brownsville, TX Pharr, TX
Population 192,957 80,830
Density (per sq mi) 1,581 3,310
Median household income $52,130 $52,814
Median home value $139,900 $121,900
Median rent $923 $1,037
Homeownership 61.7% 59.1%
Average commute 21.4 min 21.1 min
Median age 31.2 29.7
Bachelor's degree + 24.5% 18.8%
Poverty rate 23.7% 27.6%
Unemployment 6.2% 7.2%
Price to income 2.7× 2.3×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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