Brownstown vs East Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Brownstown and East Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Petersburg has the higher population (4,575 vs 3,482 in Brownstown). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($100,094 vs $86,614 in East Petersburg). Brownstown has the higher median home value ($294,600 vs $248,100 in East Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	East Petersburg
Population	3,482	4,575
Median age	30.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,094	$86,614
Median home value	$294,600	$248,100
Median gross rent	$1,109	$1,323
Housing units	1,183	2,072
Homeownership rate	94.8%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	East Petersburg
Population	2,576 → 3,482 (+35.2%)	4,520 → 4,575 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$84,861 → $100,094 (+18.0%)	$74,945 → $86,614 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$238,200 → $294,600 (+23.7%)	$181,400 → $248,100 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,331 → $1,109 (-16.7%)	$1,144 → $1,323 (+15.6%)

Brownstown

Population

2,5763,482

Median household income

$84,861$100,094

Median home value

$238,200$294,600

Median gross rent

$1,331$1,109

East Petersburg

Population

4,5204,575

Median household income

$74,945$86,614

Median home value

$181,400$248,100

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	East Petersburg
Under 5	8.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	15.2%	1.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	14.9%
75 and over	8.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	East Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	East Petersburg
No high school diploma	10.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	28.2%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	East Petersburg
Drove alone	75.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	East Petersburg
1-unit, detached	94.4%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	28.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	East Petersburg
Poverty rate	0.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.93	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1983	1967