Brownsville City is the biggest community within the lower Rio Grande Valley. This international, prospering seaport is also the county seat of Cameron County. The city of Brownsville lies roughly 33 feet above see level and is situated roughly 25 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Matamoros, Tamaulipas lies adjacent to Brownsville across the Mexican border.
The city of Brownville has one of the most appealing and beautiful weather conditions within Texas State. The average temperature is approximately 74 degrees, with nearly 25.55 inches of precipitation each year. The city experiences an average relative humidity of roughly 75.25%. This wonderful weather conditions encourages people to participate in some outdoor recreational activities during the year. South Padre Island and Matamoros are located just minutes away and are ideal vacation locations for the residents of Brownsville City.
With a population of 200,000 residents, Brownsville City is still dwarfed in size by Matamoros, its sister city, that has an approximate population of 750,000 inhabitants. The city of Brownsville is considered among the fastest growing areas within the country.
Within the city of Brownsville, there are a host of exciting local attractions the Gladys Porter Zoo, the Port of Brownsville, the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, the Children's Museum of Brownsville and Camille Lightnery Payhouse.
Sunrise Mall, in the Brownsville-Harlingen metroplex, is the largest shopping center in the city. There used to be a different mall within the city, Amigoland Mall, but the University of Texas purchased the building after some of the tenants relocated to Sunrise Mall after it was renovated during the year 2000.
Nearly 53 percent of Brownsville's people is part of the city's workforce. Nearly 24 percent of these are females. A projected 71.69% of workers 16 years of age or over, commute to work alone by truck, car or van. A mere 1.27% of the residents uses public transportation, including taxicabs. The percentage of people who work from home is roughly 2.18%.
The average household income is estimated to be $24,468. 27.56% of the inhabitants is involved with management, professional, and related occupations. Maintenance, construction and extraction occupations make up 9.42% of Brownsville. 26.73% of the workforce is involved with office and sales occupations, and approximately 16.86% of the people is involved with transportation, material moving, production occupations.
Located 2 miles from downtown is the Port of Brownsville, that plays a very important part in the city's economy. It links the road networks from Mexico and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway of Texas to Brownsville City.
Monterrey, Mexico, situated 198 miles to the West, is the port's Hinterland. It is one of Latin America's largest industrial cities and is where the city of Brownsville draws cargo.