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Brownsville borough, Fayette County, PA

2,539 Population
1 square miles 2,597.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±6.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 45.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,553 ±$2,949 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Fayette County: $32,278 ±$1,027
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$28,656 ±$6,753 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Fayette County: $56,093 ±$1,567
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

36.7% ±9.4% (927  ±268) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Fayette County: 17.5% 21,411 (±1.1% / ±1,291)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

23.2 minutes ±3.9 (19,525  ±5,233) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fayette County: 26.6 1,292,210 (±0.7 / ±46,090)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,305 ±165 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 54,962 ±657
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
1.9 ±0.1 (2,529  ±338) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fayette County: 2.2 122,435 (±0 / ±80)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.9% ±6.4% (26  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 4.6% † 1,147 (±1.1% / ±266)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,428 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 62,060 ±88
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$63,900 ±$9,351 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Fayette County: $126,900 ±$5,994
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

14% ±5.1% (351  ±136.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fayette County: 8.1% † 10,190 (±0.9% / ±1,146.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

83% ±5.5% (1,555  ±239.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 90% 84,220 (±2% / ±1,879.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
11.1% ±4.3% (208  ±85.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fayette County: 18.9% 17,723 (±1% / ±945.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.7% (9  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Fayette County: 1.5% 1,849
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.3% ±2.5% (109  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Fayette County: 7.2% 7,322 (±0.6% / ±566)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
109 Total veterans ±54 109 Male ±54 N/A Female ±11

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