Brockway vs Falls Creek

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

Brockway and Falls Creek 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 1,084 in Falls Creek). Brockway has the higher median household income ($54,293 vs $47,589 in Falls Creek). Brockway has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $104,700 in Falls Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Brockway	Falls Creek
Population	2,044	1,084
Median age	48.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,293	$47,589
Median home value	$125,200	$104,700
Median gross rent	$726	$993
Housing units	1,019	506
Homeownership rate	69.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brockway	Falls Creek
Population	1,987 → 2,044 (+2.9%)	951 → 1,084 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$45,272 → $54,293 (+19.9%)	$51,406 → $47,589 (-7.4%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $125,200 (+27.2%)	$72,600 → $104,700 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $726 (+5.5%)	$741 → $993 (+34.0%)

Brockway

Population

1,9872,044

Median household income

$45,272$54,293

Median home value

$98,400$125,200

Median gross rent

$688$726

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)

	Brockway	Falls Creek
Under 5	1.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	12.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.3%
75 and over	15.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brockway	Falls Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	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	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brockway	Falls Creek
No high school diploma	5.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	58.2%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brockway	Falls Creek
Drove alone	82.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	4.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brockway	Falls Creek
1-unit, detached	72.5%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Brockway	Falls Creek
Poverty rate	10.2%	17.3%
Average household size	2.12	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1949	1952