Laboratory vs West Brownsville

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

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

West Brownsville has the higher population (1,057 vs 993 in Laboratory). Laboratory has the higher median household income ($94,145 vs $65,871 in West Brownsville). Laboratory has the higher median home value ($214,600 vs $87,000 in West Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Laboratory	West Brownsville
Population	993	1,057
Median age	37.2 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$94,145	$65,871
Median home value	$214,600	$87,000
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	319	504
Homeownership rate	75.5%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laboratory	West Brownsville
Population	—	917 → 1,057 (+15.3%)
Median household income	—	$63,365 → $65,871 (+4.0%)
Median home value	—	$70,300 → $87,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$896 → $775 (-13.5%)

Laboratory

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)

	Laboratory	West Brownsville
Under 5	13.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.3%
75 and over	6.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laboratory	West Brownsville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laboratory	West Brownsville
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	41.6%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laboratory	West Brownsville
Drove alone	89.2%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laboratory	West Brownsville
1-unit, detached	80.6%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Laboratory	West Brownsville
Poverty rate	15.3%	12.4%
Average household size	3.11	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1953	1942