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Brownstown, Pennsylvania.

A community in Lancaster County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Lancaster County’s.

Living in Brownstown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Brownstown, in Lancaster County, had 3,081 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $99,961 a year and half less, against $86,959 across Lancaster County; 1% of its people live below the poverty line. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% are rented. Unemployment in Lancaster County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lancaster County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 3,081 in the 2020 census
Household income $99,961 the median, give or take $15,283 · Lancaster County: $86,959
Unemployment 3.2% Lancaster County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 1,198households
  • 30%of adults have a degree
  • 1%below the poverty line
  • 21 mintypical commute
  • 8%work from home

What people in Lancaster County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Manufacturing14%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Building trades8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lancaster County had 254,207 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 22°; warmest in July, 86° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 22° F M A M J J 86° 65° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 22°; warmest in July, 86° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 22° F M A M J J 86° 65° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 65°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lancaster Airport weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Lancaster County

  1. Lancaster General HospitalGeneral hospital6,205FTE
  2. Lancaster SDSchool district1,570FTE
  3. Dart Container Corporation - LeolaFoam polystyrene products manufacturing1,179
  4. TAIT GlobalIndustrial design consulting services1,093
  5. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. - Corporate CampusNovelties, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing1,053
  6. Acme MarketsGeneral warehousing and storage986
  7. Campbells SoupBakery products, dry, manufacturing929
  8. Millersville University of PennsylvaniaUniversity or college921

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 709 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 89,863 people in all across the county; Brownstown has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Brownstown’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lancaster County.