Brownsville vs Masontown

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

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

Masontown has the higher population (3,238 vs 2,539 in Brownsville). Masontown has the higher median household income ($49,536 vs $28,656 in Brownsville). Masontown has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $63,900 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Masontown
Population	2,539	3,238
Median age	46.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,656	$49,536
Median home value	$63,900	$116,700
Median gross rent	$672	$463
Housing units	1,428	1,485
Homeownership rate	44.8%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	17.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Masontown
Population	2,217 → 2,539 (+14.5%)	3,327 → 3,238 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$31,202 → $28,656 (-8.2%)	$36,719 → $49,536 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $63,900 (+10.4%)	$89,000 → $116,700 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $672 (+6.0%)	$708 → $463 (-34.6%)

Brownsville

Population

2,2172,539

Median household income

$31,202$28,656

Median home value

$57,900$63,900

Median gross rent

$634$672

Masontown

Population

3,3273,238

Median household income

$36,719$49,536

Median home value

$89,000$116,700

Median gross rent

$708$463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Masontown
Under 5	4.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	18.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.5%
75 and over	8.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Masontown
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	85.1%
Black or African American	14.3%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Masontown
No high school diploma	17.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	48.2%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Masontown
Drove alone	70.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	18.7%	3.4%
Public transit	3.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	10.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Masontown
1-unit, detached	64.4%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	13.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Masontown
Poverty rate	36.7%	38.0%
Average household size	1.94	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1938	1952