Brookeland, Texas.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$751 (+93%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
Living in Brookeland, Jasper County, Texas
The Census does not count Brookeland on its own, so the figures here are Jasper County's. Half the county's households earn more than $56,723 a year and half less; 21% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 79% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Jasper County was 6.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Jasper County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Brookeland is a small community in Jasper County, in East Texas. Winters are mild and summers are hot, with little or no snow, and the area is wet, getting a good deal of rain and melted snow over the year. Across Jasper County, the population is older than in most of the country, most homes are lived in by their owners, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line than in most of the country.
Work. Across Jasper County, schools, hospitals and social care, shops, manufacturing and the building trades employ most residents. Unemployment is about where it was a year earlier, while the number of jobs eased slightly over the past year. Relatively few adults hold a four-year degree, and few people work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away, Sam Rayburn Reservoir is a large lake, and Ayish Bayou is a river a short drive away. Angelina National Forest, a protected area, is a longer drive away, so it suits a day trip rather than an afternoon outing.
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- 13,845households
- 42.8median age
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 21%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Jasper County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jasper County had 9,028 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 41°; warmest in August, with highs near 95° and lows near 74°. About 60 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sam Rayburn Dam weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Jasper County
- Chartwell Services Jasper PCS Elara CaringHome health care agencies1,581
- Westrock CPPaperboard mills687
- Jasper ISDSchool district380FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters313
- Buna ISDSchool district277FTE
- Kirbyville CisdSchool district220FTE
- Louisiana-Pacific JasperOsb manufacturing154
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter115
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 21 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,729 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Jasper County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Jasper County.
Brookeland home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Brookeland listings — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Brookeland22.25%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Brookeland83
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Brookeland5
Zip codes with a Brookeland address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Brookeland — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.