Briar Creek vs Mifflinville

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

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

Mifflinville has the higher population (1,191 vs 896 in Briar Creek). Mifflinville has the higher median household income ($50,735 vs $34,643 in Briar Creek). Mifflinville has the higher median home value ($216,100 vs $162,500 in Briar Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Briar Creek	Mifflinville
Population	896	1,191
Median age	32.6 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,643	$50,735
Median home value	$162,500	$216,100
Median gross rent	$645	$1,067
Housing units	332	601
Homeownership rate	48.6%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	32.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briar Creek	Mifflinville
Population	845 → 896 (+6.0%)	1,129 → 1,191 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$29,444 → $34,643 (+17.7%)	$49,208 → $50,735 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $162,500 (+72.7%)	$133,500 → $216,100 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $645 (-1.2%)	$894 → $1,067 (+19.4%)

Briar Creek

Population

845896

Median household income

$29,444$34,643

Median home value

$94,100$162,500

Median gross rent

$653$645

Mifflinville

Population

1,1291,191

Median household income

$49,208$50,735

Median home value

$133,500$216,100

Median gross rent

$894$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briar Creek	Mifflinville
Under 5	5.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	24.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	12.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	17.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	7.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	6.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	14.5%
75 and over	9.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briar Creek	Mifflinville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briar Creek	Mifflinville
No high school diploma	12.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	43.6%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briar Creek	Mifflinville
Drove alone	82.3%	82.6%
Carpooled	4.0%	1.6%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	15.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briar Creek	Mifflinville
1-unit, detached	39.2%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	27.1%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	32.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Briar Creek	Mifflinville
Poverty rate	40.2%	10.6%
Average household size	3.21	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1975	1967