Brownsville vs South Connellsville

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

Brownsville and South Connellsville 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 1,848 in South Connellsville). South Connellsville has the higher median household income ($49,821 vs $28,656 in Brownsville). South Connellsville has the higher median home value ($98,000 vs $63,900 in Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Brownsville	South Connellsville
Population	2,539	1,848
Median age	46.1 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,656	$49,821
Median home value	$63,900	$98,000
Median gross rent	$672	$823
Housing units	1,428	866
Homeownership rate	44.8%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownsville	South Connellsville
Population	2,217 → 2,539 (+14.5%)	1,961 → 1,848 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$31,202 → $28,656 (-8.2%)	$45,114 → $49,821 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$57,900 → $63,900 (+10.4%)	$70,200 → $98,000 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $672 (+6.0%)	$701 → $823 (+17.4%)

Brownsville

Population

2,2172,539

Median household income

$31,202$28,656

Median home value

$57,900$63,900

Median gross rent

$634$672

South Connellsville

Population

1,9611,848

Median household income

$45,114$49,821

Median home value

$70,200$98,000

Median gross rent

$701$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownsville	South Connellsville
Under 5	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	16.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	18.1%	19.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.0%
75 and over	8.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownsville	South Connellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	97.6%
Black or African American	14.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
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%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownsville	South Connellsville
No high school diploma	17.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	48.2%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownsville	South Connellsville
Drove alone	70.8%	82.4%
Carpooled	18.7%	14.6%
Public transit	3.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownsville	South Connellsville
1-unit, detached	64.4%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Brownsville	South Connellsville
Poverty rate	36.7%	21.2%
Average household size	1.94	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1955