Beech Mountain Lakes vs Browntown

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Mountain Lakes and Browntown: population, income, housing, and more.

Beech Mountain Lakes and Browntown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beech Mountain Lakes has the higher population (1,920 vs 1,660 in Browntown). Beech Mountain Lakes has the higher median household income ($121,154 vs $65,417 in Browntown). Beech Mountain Lakes has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $122,500 in Browntown).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Browntown
Population	1,920	1,660
Median age	45.5 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$121,154	$65,417
Median home value	$214,900	$122,500
Median gross rent	—	$966
Housing units	811	658
Homeownership rate	93.7%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Browntown
Population	1,789 → 1,920 (+7.3%)	1,288 → 1,660 (+28.9%)
Median household income	$76,333 → $121,154 (+58.7%)	$71,125 → $65,417 (-8.0%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $214,900 (+30.1%)	$143,800 → $122,500 (-14.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,033 → $966 (-6.5%)

Beech Mountain Lakes

Population

1,7891,920

Median household income

$76,333$121,154

Median home value

$165,200$214,900

Browntown

Population

1,2881,660

Median household income

$71,125$65,417

Median home value

$143,800$122,500

Median gross rent

$1,033$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Browntown
Under 5	5.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	23.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	19.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	17.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	15.9%	9.7%
75 and over	7.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Browntown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Browntown
No high school diploma	1.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	23.8%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Browntown
Drove alone	83.0%	59.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	7.5%
Worked from home	4.4%	19.4%
Other means	1.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Browntown
1-unit, detached	90.6%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Browntown
Poverty rate	7.1%	7.8%
Average household size	3.02	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1997	1964