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Brownstown, PA

3,482 Population
2.5 square miles 1,400.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.8 ±8.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,355 ±$7,442 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $41,319 ±$659
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$100,094 ±$18,840 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $83,703 ±$1,740
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

0.8% ±0.9% (29  ±31) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 8.7% 47,050 (±0.6% / ±3,054)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

21.3 minutes ±3.6 (33,540  ±8,939) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 24 5,914,540 (±0.4 / ±109,905)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,183 ±148 Number of households
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 210,536 ±704
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.9 ±0.4 (3,471  ±621) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 2.6 540,847 (±0 / ±84)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

8.6% ±6.6% (73  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 6.4% 7,866 (±0.6% / ±699)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,183 ±148 Number of housing units
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 217,863 ±184
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$294,600 ±$26,462 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $279,400 ±$2,570
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

2.4% ±2.1% (83  ±71.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 10.8% 59,411 (±0.6% / ±3,207.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.7% ±6.4% (1,742  ±308.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 87.2% 329,018 (±1.2% / ±4,330.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
30.2% ±5.9% (587  ±148.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 31% 116,943 (±0.7% / ±2,505.3)
  • about 90 percent 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

6.1% ±4.5% (213  ±162) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.6% 31,113
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.2% ±2.3% (79  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.9% 24,963 (±0.3% / ±1,236)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
79 Total veterans ±57 79 Male ±57 N/A Female ±11

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