Brownstown vs Strasburg

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

Brownstown and Strasburg 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 3,104 in Strasburg). Brownstown has the higher median household income ($100,094 vs $89,298 in Strasburg). Strasburg has the higher median home value ($328,100 vs $294,600 in Brownstown).

Population, income & housing

	Brownstown	Strasburg
Population	3,482	3,104
Median age	30.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,094	$89,298
Median home value	$294,600	$328,100
Median gross rent	$1,109	$1,020
Housing units	1,183	1,251
Homeownership rate	94.8%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownstown	Strasburg
Population	2,576 → 3,482 (+35.2%)	2,974 → 3,104 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$84,861 → $100,094 (+18.0%)	$66,375 → $89,298 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$238,200 → $294,600 (+23.7%)	$212,800 → $328,100 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,331 → $1,109 (-16.7%)	$1,027 → $1,020 (-0.7%)

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

Strasburg

Population

2,9743,104

Median household income

$66,375$89,298

Median home value

$212,800$328,100

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,020

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownstown	Strasburg
Under 5	8.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	21.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	15.2%	1.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	17.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	15.6%
75 and over	8.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownstown	Strasburg
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownstown	Strasburg
No high school diploma	10.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	28.2%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownstown	Strasburg
Drove alone	75.9%	74.9%
Carpooled	11.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	4.2%
Bicycle	5.9%	3.3%
Worked from home	6.2%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownstown	Strasburg
1-unit, detached	94.4%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownstown	Strasburg
Poverty rate	0.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.93	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1983	1980