Brownsville, PA
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+36.5 |
| 2012 | D+33.2 |
| 2016 | D+17.0 |
| 2020 | D+5.7 |
| 2024 | D+1.1 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,412 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | D+1.1 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $31,810 |
| County | Fayette County |
| State | PA |
Place narrative
Brownsville's population has fallen sharply from its mid-century peak as coal and steel work dried up, leaving a small, older, working-class electorate that has swung heavily toward Republican margins in recent statewide cycles.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | +1.1% | 426 | 417 | 2 | 845 |
| 2020 | D | +5.7% | 472 | 421 | 6 | 899 |
| 2016 | D | +17.0% | 470 | 331 | 15 | 816 |
| 2012 | D | +33.2% | 631 | 313 | 13 | 957 |
| 2008 | D | +36.5% | 671 | 307 | 19 | 997 |
| 2004† | D | +41.8% | 754 | 304 | 19 | 1,077 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 77.6% |
| Black | 15.1% |
| Asian | 0.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.8% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $31,810 |
| Poverty rate | 31.6% |
| Median age | 45.7 |
| Age 18–29 | 15.1% |
| Age 65 and older | 17.1% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 15.0% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 1.7% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Fayette County county page and the PA state page.