Briar Creek vs Lime Ridge

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

Briar Creek and Lime Ridge 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 871 in Lime Ridge). Lime Ridge has the higher median household income ($64,844 vs $34,643 in Briar Creek). Lime Ridge has the higher median home value ($174,300 vs $162,500 in Briar Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Briar Creek	Lime Ridge
Population	896	871
Median age	32.6 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,643	$64,844
Median home value	$162,500	$174,300
Median gross rent	$645	$996
Housing units	332	455
Homeownership rate	48.6%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	32.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briar Creek	Lime Ridge
Population	845 → 896 (+6.0%)	983 → 871 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$29,444 → $34,643 (+17.7%)	$38,333 → $64,844 (+69.2%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $162,500 (+72.7%)	$104,200 → $174,300 (+67.3%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $645 (-1.2%)	$922 → $996 (+8.0%)

Briar Creek

Population

845896

Median household income

$29,444$34,643

Median home value

$94,100$162,500

Median gross rent

$653$645

Lime Ridge

Population

983871

Median household income

$38,333$64,844

Median home value

$104,200$174,300

Median gross rent

$922$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briar Creek	Lime Ridge
Under 5	5.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	24.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	12.7%	1.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.5%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	6.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	18.1%
75 and over	9.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briar Creek	Lime Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	90.6%
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%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briar Creek	Lime Ridge
No high school diploma	12.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	43.6%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briar Creek	Lime Ridge
Drove alone	82.3%	95.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.5%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briar Creek	Lime Ridge
1-unit, detached	39.2%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	27.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.8%	35.2%

Poverty & households

	Briar Creek	Lime Ridge
Poverty rate	40.2%	8.4%
Average household size	3.21	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1975	1975