Briar Creek vs Buckhorn

A side-by-side comparison of Briar Creek and Buckhorn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Briar Creek has the higher population (896 vs 614 in Buckhorn). Buckhorn has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $34,643 in Briar Creek). Buckhorn has the higher median home value ($270,600 vs $162,500 in Briar Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Briar Creek	Buckhorn
Population	896	614
Median age	32.6 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,643	$73,250
Median home value	$162,500	$270,600
Median gross rent	$645	—
Housing units	332	181
Homeownership rate	48.6%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	32.4%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briar Creek	Buckhorn
Population	845 → 896 (+6.0%)	349 → 614 (+75.9%)
Median household income	$29,444 → $34,643 (+17.7%)	$75,000 → $73,250 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $162,500 (+72.7%)	$236,100 → $270,600 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $645 (-1.2%)	—

Briar Creek

Population

845896

Median household income

$29,444$34,643

Median home value

$94,100$162,500

Median gross rent

$653$645

Buckhorn

Population

349614

Median household income

$75,000$73,250

Median home value

$236,100$270,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briar Creek	Buckhorn
Under 5	5.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	24.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	12.7%	35.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	2.9%
35 to 44	17.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	7.4%	5.0%
55 to 64	6.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.7%
75 and over	9.5%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briar Creek	Buckhorn
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briar Creek	Buckhorn
No high school diploma	12.3%	11.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briar Creek	Buckhorn
Drove alone	82.3%	88.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	2.6%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briar Creek	Buckhorn
1-unit, detached	39.2%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	27.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Briar Creek	Buckhorn
Poverty rate	40.2%	43.3%
Average household size	3.21	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1975	1981