Browntown vs Glen Lyon

A side-by-side comparison of Browntown and Glen Lyon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glen Lyon has the higher population (1,956 vs 1,660 in Browntown). Browntown has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $34,416 in Glen Lyon). Browntown has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $84,300 in Glen Lyon).

Population, income & housing

	Browntown	Glen Lyon
Population	1,660	1,956
Median age	34.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$34,416
Median home value	$122,500	$84,300
Median gross rent	$966	$888
Housing units	658	912
Homeownership rate	72.9%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browntown	Glen Lyon
Population	1,288 → 1,660 (+28.9%)	1,698 → 1,956 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$71,125 → $65,417 (-8.0%)	$37,667 → $34,416 (-8.6%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $122,500 (-14.8%)	$75,600 → $84,300 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $966 (-6.5%)	$700 → $888 (+26.9%)

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

Glen Lyon

Population

1,6981,956

Median household income

$37,667$34,416

Median home value

$75,600$84,300

Median gross rent

$700$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browntown	Glen Lyon
Under 5	2.2%	7.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	7.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.7%
25 to 34	19.3%	28.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.5%
75 and over	7.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browntown	Glen Lyon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	72.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browntown	Glen Lyon
No high school diploma	10.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	51.1%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browntown	Glen Lyon
Drove alone	59.5%	85.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	7.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	4.4%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browntown	Glen Lyon
1-unit, detached	74.9%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	23.1%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Browntown	Glen Lyon
Poverty rate	7.8%	16.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1964	1938