The borough is the home of the Brunner Island coal-fired electrical generation plant, located on the Susquehanna River on Wago Road and operated by PPL Corporation.

At the 2000 census there were 809 people, 278 households, and 197 families living in the borough.

The population density was 2,531.8 inhabitants per square mile (977.5/km2).

There were 305 housing units at an average density of 954.5 per square mile (368.5/km2).

[5] Of the 278 households 48.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.8% were non-families.