Brownstown vs Sankertown

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

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

Sankertown has the higher population (644 vs 606 in Brownstown). Sankertown has the higher median household income ($69,900 vs $50,804 in Brownstown). Sankertown has the higher median home value ($147,200 vs $75,400 in Brownstown).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Sankertown
Population	606	644
Median age	50.7 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,804	$69,900
Median home value	$75,400	$147,200
Median gross rent	$650	$808
Housing units	330	299
Homeownership rate	82.7%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Sankertown
Population	736 → 606 (-17.7%)	602 → 644 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$45,750 → $50,804 (+11.0%)	$43,750 → $69,900 (+59.8%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $75,400 (+20.4%)	$93,500 → $147,200 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $650 (-6.1%)	$713 → $808 (+13.3%)

Brownstown

Population

736606

Median household income

$45,750$50,804

Median home value

$62,600$75,400

Median gross rent

$692$650

Sankertown

Population

602644

Median household income

$43,750$69,900

Median home value

$93,500$147,200

Median gross rent

$713$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Sankertown
Under 5	0.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	17.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	22.4%	21.9%
75 and over	9.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Sankertown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Sankertown
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	47.4%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Sankertown
Drove alone	80.4%	82.2%
Carpooled	12.5%	8.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	9.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Sankertown
1-unit, detached	88.8%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Sankertown
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.05	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1938	1955