Houston vs West Brownsville

A side-by-side comparison of Houston and West Brownsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Houston has the higher population (1,219 vs 1,057 in West Brownsville). Houston has the higher median household income ($70,550 vs $65,871 in West Brownsville). Houston has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $87,000 in West Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	West Brownsville
Population	1,219	1,057
Median age	43.5 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,550	$65,871
Median home value	$186,100	$87,000
Median gross rent	$890	$775
Housing units	667	504
Homeownership rate	63.2%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	West Brownsville
Population	1,352 → 1,219 (-9.8%)	917 → 1,057 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$52,292 → $70,550 (+34.9%)	$63,365 → $65,871 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $186,100 (+32.5%)	$70,300 → $87,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $890 (+25.5%)	$896 → $775 (-13.5%)

Houston

Population

1,3521,219

Median household income

$52,292$70,550

Median home value

$140,500$186,100

Median gross rent

$709$890

West Brownsville

Population

9171,057

Median household income

$63,365$65,871

Median home value

$70,300$87,000

Median gross rent

$896$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	West Brownsville
Under 5	7.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.3%
75 and over	11.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	West Brownsville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	4.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	West Brownsville
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.6%
High school graduate	44.3%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	West Brownsville
Drove alone	74.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	12.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	6.7%
Other means	2.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	West Brownsville
1-unit, detached	67.9%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Houston	West Brownsville
Poverty rate	17.9%	12.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1940	1942