Briar Creek vs Lightstreet

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

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

Lightstreet has the higher population (1,273 vs 896 in Briar Creek). Lightstreet has the higher median household income ($40,658 vs $34,643 in Briar Creek). Briar Creek has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $152,200 in Lightstreet).

Population, income & housing

	Briar Creek	Lightstreet
Population	896	1,273
Median age	32.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,643	$40,658
Median home value	$162,500	$152,200
Median gross rent	$645	$1,055
Housing units	332	583
Homeownership rate	48.6%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	32.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briar Creek	Lightstreet
Population	845 → 896 (+6.0%)	978 → 1,273 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$29,444 → $34,643 (+17.7%)	$50,938 → $40,658 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $162,500 (+72.7%)	$132,100 → $152,200 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $645 (-1.2%)	$689 → $1,055 (+53.1%)

Briar Creek

Population

845896

Median household income

$29,444$34,643

Median home value

$94,100$162,500

Median gross rent

$653$645

Lightstreet

Population

9781,273

Median household income

$50,938$40,658

Median home value

$132,100$152,200

Median gross rent

$689$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briar Creek	Lightstreet
Under 5	5.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	24.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	12.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	7.9%
55 to 64	6.9%	7.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	22.5%
75 and over	9.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briar Creek	Lightstreet
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briar Creek	Lightstreet
No high school diploma	12.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	43.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briar Creek	Lightstreet
Drove alone	82.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.1%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	23.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briar Creek	Lightstreet
1-unit, detached	39.2%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	27.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.8%	34.3%

Poverty & households

	Briar Creek	Lightstreet
Poverty rate	40.2%	23.4%
Average household size	3.21	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1975	1981