Brownsville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 9,542 people and five associated neighborhoods, Brownsville is the 67th largest community in Tennessee.When you are in Brownsville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 41.20% of Brownsville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Brownsville is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brownsville who work in maintenance occupations (9.95%), sales jobs (8.34%), and management occupations (6.58%). Being a small city, Brownsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Brownsville has a very low overall level of education: only 9.39% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Brownsville in 2022 was $22,379, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,516 for a family of four. However, Brownsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Brownsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brownsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brownsville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Brownsville include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and African. The most common language spoken in Brownsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
