Brownsville vs Oliver

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

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

Brownsville has the higher population (2,539 vs 2,198 in Oliver). Oliver has the higher median household income ($50,185 vs $28,656 in Brownsville). Oliver has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $63,900 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	Oliver
Population	2,539	2,198
Median age	46.1 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$28,656	$50,185
Median home value	$63,900	$155,200
Median gross rent	$672	$704
Housing units	1,428	1,394
Homeownership rate	44.8%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	Oliver
Population	2,217 → 2,539 (+14.5%)	2,456 → 2,198 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$31,202 → $28,656 (-8.2%)	$39,146 → $50,185 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $63,900 (+10.4%)	$80,400 → $155,200 (+93.0%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $672 (+6.0%)	$612 → $704 (+15.0%)

Brownsville

Population

2,2172,539

Median household income

$31,202$28,656

Median home value

$57,900$63,900

Median gross rent

$634$672

Oliver

Population

2,4562,198

Median household income

$39,146$50,185

Median home value

$80,400$155,200

Median gross rent

$612$704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	Oliver
Under 5	4.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	10.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	18.1%	18.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.6%
75 and over	8.2%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	Oliver
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	14.3%	2.6%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	Oliver
No high school diploma	17.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	48.2%	49.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	Oliver
Drove alone	70.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	18.7%	12.4%
Public transit	3.1%	0.8%
Walked	2.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	Oliver
1-unit, detached	64.4%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	13.7%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	Oliver
Poverty rate	36.7%	23.3%
Average household size	1.94	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1938	1957