Browndale vs Hawley

A side-by-side comparison of Browndale and Hawley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hawley has the higher population (1,104 vs 740 in Browndale). Browndale has the higher median household income ($67,875 vs $46,693 in Hawley). Hawley has the higher median home value ($173,500 vs $138,400 in Browndale).

Population, income & housing

	Browndale	Hawley
Population	740	1,104
Median age	36.2 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,875	$46,693
Median home value	$138,400	$173,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,004
Housing units	301	681
Homeownership rate	89.4%	47.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browndale	Hawley
Population	—	1,195 → 1,104 (-7.6%)
Median household income	—	$37,550 → $46,693 (+24.3%)
Median home value	—	$133,800 → $173,500 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$776 → $1,004 (+29.4%)

Browndale

Hawley

Population

1,1951,104

Median household income

$37,550$46,693

Median home value

$133,800$173,500

Median gross rent

$776$1,004

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browndale	Hawley
Under 5	4.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	27.6%	9.9%
18 to 24	3.9%	13.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	16.7%
75 and over	1.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browndale	Hawley
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	78.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browndale	Hawley
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.3%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browndale	Hawley
Drove alone	87.5%	76.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browndale	Hawley
1-unit, detached	90.7%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	35.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Browndale	Hawley
Poverty rate	7.4%	16.7%
Average household size	2.71	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1963	1938