Brownstown vs Scalp Level

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

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

Scalp Level has the higher population (702 vs 606 in Brownstown). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($50,804 vs $46,813 in Scalp Level). Brownstown has the higher median home value ($75,400 vs $68,700 in Scalp Level).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Scalp Level
Population	606	702
Median age	50.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,804	$46,813
Median home value	$75,400	$68,700
Median gross rent	$650	$700
Housing units	330	297
Homeownership rate	82.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Scalp Level
Population	736 → 606 (-17.7%)	615 → 702 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$45,750 → $50,804 (+11.0%)	$33,641 → $46,813 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $75,400 (+20.4%)	$52,300 → $68,700 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $650 (-6.1%)	$661 → $700 (+5.9%)

Brownstown

Population

736606

Median household income

$45,750$50,804

Median home value

$62,600$75,400

Median gross rent

$692$650

Scalp Level

Population

615702

Median household income

$33,641$46,813

Median home value

$52,300$68,700

Median gross rent

$661$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Scalp Level
Under 5	0.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	17.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	19.5%
45 to 54	15.8%	4.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	22.4%	15.4%
75 and over	9.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Scalp Level
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	99.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Scalp Level
No high school diploma	1.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	47.4%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Scalp Level
Drove alone	80.4%	71.8%
Carpooled	12.5%	17.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	9.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Scalp Level
1-unit, detached	88.8%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	44.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Scalp Level
Poverty rate	6.9%	19.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938