Brownsville vs Leith-Hatfield

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

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

Leith-Hatfield has the higher population (2,621 vs 2,539 in Brownsville). Leith-Hatfield has the higher median household income ($107,206 vs $28,656 in Brownsville). Leith-Hatfield has the higher median home value ($315,500 vs $63,900 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Leith-Hatfield
Population	2,539	2,621
Median age	46.1 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,656	$107,206
Median home value	$63,900	$315,500
Median gross rent	$672	$950
Housing units	1,428	1,094
Homeownership rate	44.8%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Leith-Hatfield
Population	2,217 → 2,539 (+14.5%)	2,344 → 2,621 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$31,202 → $28,656 (-8.2%)	$82,132 → $107,206 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $63,900 (+10.4%)	$192,500 → $315,500 (+63.9%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $672 (+6.0%)	$624 → $950 (+52.2%)

Brownsville

Population

2,2172,539

Median household income

$31,202$28,656

Median home value

$57,900$63,900

Median gross rent

$634$672

Leith-Hatfield

Population

2,3442,621

Median household income

$82,132$107,206

Median home value

$192,500$315,500

Median gross rent

$624$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Leith-Hatfield
Under 5	4.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	9.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.1%
35 to 44	7.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	16.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	18.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	21.4%
75 and over	8.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Leith-Hatfield
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	14.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Leith-Hatfield
No high school diploma	17.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	48.2%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Leith-Hatfield
Drove alone	70.8%	80.7%
Carpooled	18.7%	9.6%
Public transit	3.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Leith-Hatfield
1-unit, detached	64.4%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	13.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Leith-Hatfield
Poverty rate	36.7%	5.2%
Average household size	1.94	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1938	1972