Browntown vs Hughestown

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

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

Browntown has the higher population (1,660 vs 1,461 in Hughestown). Hughestown has the higher median household income ($81,750 vs $65,417 in Browntown). Hughestown has the higher median home value ($168,200 vs $122,500 in Browntown).

Population, income & housing

	Browntown	Hughestown
Population	1,660	1,461
Median age	34.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$81,750
Median home value	$122,500	$168,200
Median gross rent	$966	$900
Housing units	658	682
Homeownership rate	72.9%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browntown	Hughestown
Population	1,288 → 1,660 (+28.9%)	1,431 → 1,461 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$71,125 → $65,417 (-8.0%)	$69,453 → $81,750 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $122,500 (-14.8%)	$123,800 → $168,200 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $966 (-6.5%)	$948 → $900 (-5.1%)

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

Hughestown

Population

1,4311,461

Median household income

$69,453$81,750

Median home value

$123,800$168,200

Median gross rent

$948$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browntown	Hughestown
Under 5	2.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	19.3%	17.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	17.6%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.4%
75 and over	7.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browntown	Hughestown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browntown	Hughestown
No high school diploma	10.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	51.1%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browntown	Hughestown
Drove alone	59.5%	63.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	7.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	14.7%
Other means	2.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browntown	Hughestown
1-unit, detached	74.9%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Browntown	Hughestown
Poverty rate	7.8%	8.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1964	1958