Brownstown vs Salunga

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

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

Brownstown has the higher population (3,482 vs 3,066 in Salunga). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($100,094 vs $80,694 in Salunga). Brownstown has the higher median home value ($294,600 vs $287,200 in Salunga).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Salunga
Population	3,482	3,066
Median age	30.8 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,094	$80,694
Median home value	$294,600	$287,200
Median gross rent	$1,109	$958
Housing units	1,183	1,347
Homeownership rate	94.8%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Salunga
Population	2,576 → 3,482 (+35.2%)	3,139 → 3,066 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$84,861 → $100,094 (+18.0%)	$85,395 → $80,694 (-5.5%)
Median home value	$238,200 → $294,600 (+23.7%)	$221,000 → $287,200 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,331 → $1,109 (-16.7%)	$754 → $958 (+27.1%)

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

Salunga

Population

3,1393,066

Median household income

$85,395$80,694

Median home value

$221,000$287,200

Median gross rent

$754$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Salunga
Under 5	8.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	21.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	15.2%	1.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	18.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	17.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	12.9%
75 and over	8.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Salunga
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Salunga
No high school diploma	10.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	28.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Salunga
Drove alone	75.9%	82.9%
Carpooled	11.4%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Salunga
1-unit, detached	94.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Salunga
Poverty rate	0.8%	0.5%
Average household size	2.93	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1983	1984