Brownsville is easily the largest city in the lower Rio Grande Valley and is a prospering, international seaport. It is also the county seat of Cameron County. The city lies about 33 feet above see level and is located roughly 25 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Matamoros, Tamaulipas lies adjacent to the city of Brownsville across the Mexican border.
The city of Brownville has one of the most beautiful and appealing climates in the state. The average temperature is approximately 74 degrees, with nearly 25.55 inches of precipitation each year. The city of Brownsville experiences an average relative humidity of around 75.25%. This gorgeous weather encourages people to participate in various outdoor recreational activities throughout the year. South Padre Island and Matamoros are situated just minutes away and are perfect vacation locations for the people of Brownsville.
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 people. Brownsville City is considered among the fastest growing areas in the country.
There are numerous interesting local attractions within Brownsville like the Port of Brownsville, the Gladys Porter Zoo, the Children's Museum of Brownsville, Camille Lightnery Playhouse, and the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art.
Sunrise Mall, within the Brownsville-Harlingen metroplex, is the biggest shopping mall in the city. There used to be another mall in the city of Brownsville, Amigoland Mall, but the University of Texas acquired the building after some of the tenants moved to Sunrise Mall after it was remodeled in the year 2000.
Nearly 53 percent of Brownsville's inhabitants is part of the city's workforce. Practically 24% of these are females. A projected 71.69% of workers sixteen years of age or over, commute to work alone by truck, car or van. Just 1.27% of the people uses public transportation, including taxicabs. The percentage of people who work from home is about 2.18%.
The average household income is estimated to be $24,468. 27.56% of the residents is involved with management, professional, and related occupations. Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations make up 9.42% of Brownsville. 26.73% of the workforce is involved with office and sales occupations, and roughly 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 City within Mexico is only 198 miles to the West of Brownsville. Monterrey is amongst the biggest Latin American cities and is a major source from which the city of Brownsville draws its cargo.