Browntown vs Laflin

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

Browntown and Laflin 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 1,469 in Laflin). Laflin has the higher median household income ($115,625 vs $65,417 in Browntown). Laflin has the higher median home value ($230,200 vs $122,500 in Browntown).

Population, income & housing

	Browntown	Laflin
Population	1,660	1,469
Median age	34.7 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$115,625
Median home value	$122,500	$230,200
Median gross rent	$966	$1,664
Housing units	658	639
Homeownership rate	72.9%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	45.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browntown	Laflin
Population	1,288 → 1,660 (+28.9%)	1,513 → 1,469 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$71,125 → $65,417 (-8.0%)	$88,438 → $115,625 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $122,500 (-14.8%)	$205,000 → $230,200 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $966 (-6.5%)	$1,188 → $1,664 (+40.1%)

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

Laflin

Population

1,5131,469

Median household income

$88,438$115,625

Median home value

$205,000$230,200

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browntown	Laflin
Under 5	2.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	23.4%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	19.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	16.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.5%
75 and over	7.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browntown	Laflin
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browntown	Laflin
No high school diploma	10.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	51.1%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browntown	Laflin
Drove alone	59.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	7.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	11.7%
Other means	2.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browntown	Laflin
1-unit, detached	74.9%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Browntown	Laflin
Poverty rate	7.8%	2.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1964	1975