Big Run vs Brockway

A side-by-side comparison of Big Run and Brockway: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Run and Brockway are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brockway has the higher population (2,044 vs 498 in Big Run). Big Run has the higher median household income ($54,722 vs $54,293 in Brockway). Brockway has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $102,000 in Big Run).

Population, income & housing

	Big Run	Brockway
Population	498	2,044
Median age	45.4 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,722	$54,293
Median home value	$102,000	$125,200
Median gross rent	$860	$726
Housing units	293	1,019
Homeownership rate	67.0%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Run	Brockway
Population	424 → 498 (+17.5%)	1,987 → 2,044 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $54,722 (+32.7%)	$45,272 → $54,293 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$98,100 → $102,000 (+4.0%)	$98,400 → $125,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $860 (+26.8%)	$688 → $726 (+5.5%)

Big Run

Population

424498

Median household income

$41,250$54,722

Median home value

$98,100$102,000

Median gross rent

$678$860

Brockway

Population

1,9872,044

Median household income

$45,272$54,293

Median home value

$98,400$125,200

Median gross rent

$688$726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Run	Brockway
Under 5	4.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	20.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.0%
75 and over	9.8%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Run	Brockway
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Run	Brockway
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	66.4%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Run	Brockway
Drove alone	87.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	6.1%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Run	Brockway
1-unit, detached	72.7%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	14.9%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Run	Brockway
Poverty rate	20.8%	10.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	14
Median year structure built	1942	1949