Brownsville vs Connellsville

A side-by-side comparison of Brownsville and Connellsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Connellsville has the higher population (6,914 vs 2,539 in Brownsville). Connellsville has the higher median household income ($47,176 vs $28,656 in Brownsville). Connellsville has the higher median home value ($117,200 vs $63,900 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Connellsville
Population	2,539	6,914
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,656	$47,176
Median home value	$63,900	$117,200
Median gross rent	$672	$665
Housing units	1,428	3,584
Homeownership rate	44.8%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Connellsville
Population	2,217 → 2,539 (+14.5%)	7,411 → 6,914 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$31,202 → $28,656 (-8.2%)	$35,029 → $47,176 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $63,900 (+10.4%)	$102,300 → $117,200 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $672 (+6.0%)	$497 → $665 (+33.8%)

Brownsville

Population

2,2172,539

Median household income

$31,202$28,656

Median home value

$57,900$63,900

Median gross rent

$634$672

Connellsville

Population

7,4116,914

Median household income

$35,029$47,176

Median home value

$102,300$117,200

Median gross rent

$497$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Connellsville
Under 5	4.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	7.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	18.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.4%
75 and over	8.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Connellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	88.0%
Black or African American	14.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.2%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Connellsville
No high school diploma	17.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	48.2%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Connellsville
Drove alone	70.8%	80.4%
Carpooled	18.7%	7.8%
Public transit	3.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Connellsville
1-unit, detached	64.4%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	13.7%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Connellsville
Poverty rate	36.7%	17.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1938	1942