Código postal 78520 — Brownsville, TX

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El código postal 78520 cubre Brownsville, Texas, con una población de unos 63,337 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $47,331.

Población: 63,3371,594 per square mile
Edad media: 31.67.1 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $47,33138% below the Texas median
Tasa de pobreza: 25.8%13.4 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $190,759up 31.2% in five years
Alquiler medio: $84237% below the Texas median
Título universitario o superior: 22.7%12.3 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 58.5%6.5 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 1,149

Dónde está 78520

Brownsville, Texas — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	63,337
Edad media	31.6
Hogares familiares	76.1%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	26.5%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	82.3%
Blanca (no hispana)	5.8%
Negra (no hispana)	0.5%
Asiática (no hispana)	0.3%
Hispana o latina	92.6%
Veteranos	2.8%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$47,331
Ingreso por persona	$21,097
Tasa de pobreza	25.8%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	32%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	9.4%
$10–15k	9.3%
$15–20k	6.1%
$20–25k	4.6%
$25–30k	5.2%
$30–35k	5.0%
$35–40k	4.3%
$40–45k	4.5%
$45–50k	4.4%
$50–60k	6.4%
$60–75k	9.6%
$75–100k	12.5%
$100–125k	6.1%
$125–150k	6.1%
$150–200k	4.0%
$200k or more	2.6%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	28,310
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$46,236
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	1.9%
Returns, under $25k	43.4%
Returns, $25k–$50k	28.8%
Returns, $50k–$75k	13.0%
Returns, $75k–$100k	5.8%
Returns, $100k–$200k	7.1%
Returns, $200k or more	1.9%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$129,200
Alquiler bruto medio	$842
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	29.6%
Ocupada por su propietario	58.5%
Viviendas vacías	11.1%
Año medio de construcción	1990

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	67.3%
Casa adosada	3.1%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	10.3%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	5.8%
20 o más viviendas	8.1%
Casa móvil	5.3%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.1%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$190,759as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 2%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 31.2%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 79.2%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$1,512as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 8.1%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$90,161 in 2001 to $190,759 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	6.5%
Licenciatura o superior	22.7%
Bachillerato o superior	68.7%
Trabaja desde casa	8.7%
Conduce solo al trabajo	74%
Usa el transporte público	0.8%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	7.3%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	41% 7.6 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	19.5% 7.5 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	13.6% same as the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	34.3% same as the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	33.1% 12.8 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	36.9% 25.6 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	18.9% 3 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	38.6% 13.2 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	20.2% 4.9 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	15.3% 0.7 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	76% 1.3 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	4.7% 3 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	8.8% 1.6 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	7.4% 1.2 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	71.7% 5 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	82.3% 3.6 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	19% 4.2 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	50.5% 13.8 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	6.6% same as the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	46.3% 15 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	38% 7.3 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	8.3% 1.6 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	36.8% 0.6 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	12% 3.6 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	72% 3.9 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	16.7% same as the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	20.2% 6.2 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	17.1% 3.6 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	7.3% 3.3 pts above the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	40% 3.6 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4.1% 0.7 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	17.9% 4.9 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	12.7% 7.1 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	1,149
Personas empleadas	19,648
Nómina anual	$612,788,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 73.2% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Relatively High en los 23 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	54.3 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	2.6 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Huracán	95Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	94.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	78.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	76Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	75Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	74.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	58.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación costera	56.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	50.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	47.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	43.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	36.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	33.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	29.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	9.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Texas y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Texas	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$47,331	$76,292	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$21,097	$39,446	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	25.8%	13.8%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$129,200	$260,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$842	$1,339	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	58.5%	62.6%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	22.7%	33.1%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	6.5%	5.1%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	8.7%	12.8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	26.5%	17.2%	13.9%
Edad media	31.6	35.5	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	WFO BROWNSVILLE, TX US10 km away

Average high and low by month

enero	70.4°F / 50.5°F
febrero	74.6°F / 55.1°F
marzo	78.2°F / 60.5°F
abril	84.6°F / 66.8°F
mayo	87.2°F / 72.9°F
junio	91.7°F / 75.7°F
julio	91.9°F / 76.4°F
agosto	94.3°F / 77°F
septiembre	89.7°F / 73.2°F
octubre	85.3°F / 67.3°F
noviembre	77.6°F / 58.7°F
diciembre	71.8°F / 52.6°F

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	48% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	54% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	13% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 3 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Brownsville Independent School District	90% de la superficie de este código postal
Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District	8.3% de la superficie de este código postal
San Benito Consolidated Independent School District	1.7% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	84más vulnerable que el 84% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	85más vulnerable que el 85% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	83más vulnerable que el 83% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	94más vulnerable que el 94% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	54más vulnerable que el 54% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	6.1 out of 20Below average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

78522 Brownsville, TX	a 4.1 km
78523 Brownsville, TX	a 5.3 km
78521 Brownsville, TX	a 5.8 km
78526 Brownsville, TX	a 6.4 km
78575 Olmito, TX	a 11.7 km
78566 Los Fresnos, TX	a 22.9 km
78578 Port Isabel, TX	a 24.5 km
78586 San Benito, TX	a 25.6 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Cameron County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	39.73 sq mi
Superficie de agua	2.49 sq mi
Densidad de población	1,594 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	25.9337, -97.5174

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.