Big Run vs Sykesville

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

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

Sykesville has the higher population (978 vs 498 in Big Run). Big Run has the higher median household income ($54,722 vs $37,346 in Sykesville). Big Run has the higher median home value ($102,000 vs $85,900 in Sykesville).

Population, income & housing

	Big Run	Sykesville
Population	498	978
Median age	45.4 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,722	$37,346
Median home value	$102,000	$85,900
Median gross rent	$860	$546
Housing units	293	561
Homeownership rate	67.0%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Run	Sykesville
Population	424 → 498 (+17.5%)	1,055 → 978 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $54,722 (+32.7%)	$38,365 → $37,346 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$98,100 → $102,000 (+4.0%)	$74,900 → $85,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $860 (+26.8%)	$603 → $546 (-9.5%)

Big Run

Population

424498

Median household income

$41,250$54,722

Median home value

$98,100$102,000

Median gross rent

$678$860

Sykesville

Population

1,055978

Median household income

$38,365$37,346

Median home value

$74,900$85,900

Median gross rent

$603$546

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Run	Sykesville
Under 5	4.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	20.1%	19.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.4%
75 and over	9.8%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Run	Sykesville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Run	Sykesville
No high school diploma	3.4%	10.9%
High school graduate	66.4%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Run	Sykesville
Drove alone	87.9%	71.0%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.4%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	10.5%
Other means	1.4%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Run	Sykesville
1-unit, detached	72.7%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	9.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Big Run	Sykesville
Poverty rate	20.8%	18.0%
Average household size	2.20	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1942	1951