Big Run vs Falls Creek

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

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

Falls Creek has the higher population (1,084 vs 498 in Big Run). Big Run has the higher median household income ($54,722 vs $47,589 in Falls Creek). Falls Creek has the higher median home value ($104,700 vs $102,000 in Big Run).

Population, income & housing

	Big Run	Falls Creek
Population	498	1,084
Median age	45.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,722	$47,589
Median home value	$102,000	$104,700
Median gross rent	$860	$993
Housing units	293	506
Homeownership rate	67.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Run	Falls Creek
Population	424 → 498 (+17.5%)	951 → 1,084 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $54,722 (+32.7%)	$51,406 → $47,589 (-7.4%)
Median home value	$98,100 → $102,000 (+4.0%)	$72,600 → $104,700 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $860 (+26.8%)	$741 → $993 (+34.0%)

Big Run

Population

424498

Median household income

$41,250$54,722

Median home value

$98,100$102,000

Median gross rent

$678$860

Falls Creek

Population

9511,084

Median household income

$51,406$47,589

Median home value

$72,600$104,700

Median gross rent

$741$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Run	Falls Creek
Under 5	4.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	20.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.3%
75 and over	9.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Run	Falls Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Run	Falls Creek
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.8%
High school graduate	66.4%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Run	Falls Creek
Drove alone	87.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	1.9%	10.5%
Public transit	2.3%	1.9%
Walked	2.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.7%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Run	Falls Creek
1-unit, detached	72.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Run	Falls Creek
Poverty rate	20.8%	17.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	15
Median year structure built	1942	1952