Speers vs West Brownsville

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

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

Speers has the higher population (1,061 vs 1,057 in West Brownsville). Speers has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $65,871 in West Brownsville). Speers has the higher median home value ($153,600 vs $87,000 in West Brownsville).

Population, income & housing

	Speers	West Brownsville
Population	1,061	1,057
Median age	51.8 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,292	$65,871
Median home value	$153,600	$87,000
Median gross rent	$983	$775
Housing units	579	504
Homeownership rate	92.2%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Speers	West Brownsville
Population	1,067 → 1,061 (-0.6%)	917 → 1,057 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$70,060 → $67,292 (-4.0%)	$63,365 → $65,871 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $153,600 (+35.7%)	$70,300 → $87,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$797 → $983 (+23.3%)	$896 → $775 (-13.5%)

Speers

Population

1,0671,061

Median household income

$70,060$67,292

Median home value

$113,200$153,600

Median gross rent

$797$983

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)

	Speers	West Brownsville
Under 5	5.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	2.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	6.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	18.4%	18.4%
65 to 74	18.4%	12.3%
75 and over	12.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Speers	West Brownsville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	94.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	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	2.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Speers	West Brownsville
No high school diploma	2.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	36.7%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Speers	West Brownsville
Drove alone	86.4%	78.2%
Carpooled	2.5%	12.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	6.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Speers	West Brownsville
1-unit, detached	97.2%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Speers	West Brownsville
Poverty rate	11.4%	12.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1952	1942