Brownstown vs Lorain

A side-by-side comparison of Brownstown and Lorain: population, income, housing, and more.

Brownstown and Lorain are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brownstown has the higher population (606 vs 509 in Lorain). Lorain has the higher median household income ($52,727 vs $50,804 in Brownstown). Brownstown has the higher median home value ($75,400 vs $58,300 in Lorain).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Lorain
Population	606	509
Median age	50.7 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,804	$52,727
Median home value	$75,400	$58,300
Median gross rent	$650	$820
Housing units	330	366
Homeownership rate	82.7%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Lorain
Population	736 → 606 (-17.7%)	631 → 509 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$45,750 → $50,804 (+11.0%)	$41,538 → $52,727 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $75,400 (+20.4%)	$46,100 → $58,300 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $650 (-6.1%)	$680 → $820 (+20.6%)

Brownstown

Population

736606

Median household income

$45,750$50,804

Median home value

$62,600$75,400

Median gross rent

$692$650

Lorain

Population

631509

Median household income

$41,538$52,727

Median home value

$46,100$58,300

Median gross rent

$680$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Lorain
Under 5	0.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	22.4%	14.5%
75 and over	9.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Lorain
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	95.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Lorain
No high school diploma	1.7%	10.5%
High school graduate	47.4%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Lorain
Drove alone	80.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	14.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Lorain
1-unit, detached	88.8%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Lorain
Poverty rate	6.9%	17.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1938	1950