Brockway vs Punxsutawney

A side-by-side comparison of Brockway and Punxsutawney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Punxsutawney has the higher population (5,689 vs 2,044 in Brockway). Brockway has the higher median household income ($54,293 vs $43,097 in Punxsutawney). Brockway has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $102,500 in Punxsutawney).

Population, income & housing

	Brockway	Punxsutawney
Population	2,044	5,689
Median age	48.7 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,293	$43,097
Median home value	$125,200	$102,500
Median gross rent	$726	$796
Housing units	1,019	2,988
Homeownership rate	69.0%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brockway	Punxsutawney
Population	1,987 → 2,044 (+2.9%)	5,770 → 5,689 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$45,272 → $54,293 (+19.9%)	$32,221 → $43,097 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $125,200 (+27.2%)	$83,700 → $102,500 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $726 (+5.5%)	$629 → $796 (+26.6%)

Brockway

Population

1,9872,044

Median household income

$45,272$54,293

Median home value

$98,400$125,200

Median gross rent

$688$726

Punxsutawney

Population

5,7705,689

Median household income

$32,221$43,097

Median home value

$83,700$102,500

Median gross rent

$629$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brockway	Punxsutawney
Under 5	1.3%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	15.5%
75 and over	15.6%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brockway	Punxsutawney
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brockway	Punxsutawney
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	58.2%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brockway	Punxsutawney
Drove alone	82.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	4.4%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brockway	Punxsutawney
1-unit, detached	72.5%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Brockway	Punxsutawney
Poverty rate	10.2%	21.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1949	1953