Brookville vs Punxsutawney

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

Brookville 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 3,959 in Brookville). Brookville has the higher median household income ($56,215 vs $43,097 in Punxsutawney). Brookville has the higher median home value ($128,400 vs $102,500 in Punxsutawney).

Population, income & housing

	Brookville	Punxsutawney
Population	3,959	5,689
Median age	38.2 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,215	$43,097
Median home value	$128,400	$102,500
Median gross rent	$690	$796
Housing units	1,994	2,988
Homeownership rate	54.7%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookville	Punxsutawney
Population	3,823 → 3,959 (+3.6%)	5,770 → 5,689 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$51,505 → $56,215 (+9.1%)	$32,221 → $43,097 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$98,200 → $128,400 (+30.8%)	$83,700 → $102,500 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $690 (+3.4%)	$629 → $796 (+26.6%)

Brookville

Population

3,8233,959

Median household income

$51,505$56,215

Median home value

$98,200$128,400

Median gross rent

$667$690

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)

	Brookville	Punxsutawney
Under 5	5.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	15.5%
75 and over	10.8%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookville	Punxsutawney
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookville	Punxsutawney
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	41.0%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookville	Punxsutawney
Drove alone	76.6%	82.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.4%	2.1%
Walked	6.6%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	7.4%	2.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookville	Punxsutawney
1-unit, detached	59.3%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookville	Punxsutawney
Poverty rate	14.5%	21.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1953	1953