Falls Creek vs Punxsutawney

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

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

Punxsutawney has the higher population (5,689 vs 1,084 in Falls Creek). Falls Creek has the higher median household income ($47,589 vs $43,097 in Punxsutawney). Falls Creek has the higher median home value ($104,700 vs $102,500 in Punxsutawney).

Population, income & housing

	Falls Creek	Punxsutawney
Population	1,084	5,689
Median age	40.1 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,589	$43,097
Median home value	$104,700	$102,500
Median gross rent	$993	$796
Housing units	506	2,988
Homeownership rate	68.4%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls Creek	Punxsutawney
Population	951 → 1,084 (+14.0%)	5,770 → 5,689 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$51,406 → $47,589 (-7.4%)	$32,221 → $43,097 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$72,600 → $104,700 (+44.2%)	$83,700 → $102,500 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $993 (+34.0%)	$629 → $796 (+26.6%)

Falls Creek

Population

9511,084

Median household income

$51,406$47,589

Median home value

$72,600$104,700

Median gross rent

$741$993

Punxsutawney

Population

5,7705,689

Median household income

$32,221$43,097

Median home value

$83,700$102,500

Median gross rent

$629$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falls Creek	Punxsutawney
Under 5	5.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	12.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	15.5%
75 and over	7.3%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls Creek	Punxsutawney
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	97.9%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falls Creek	Punxsutawney
No high school diploma	9.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	46.3%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls Creek	Punxsutawney
Drove alone	79.3%	82.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	4.5%
Public transit	1.9%	2.1%
Walked	0.2%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls Creek	Punxsutawney
1-unit, detached	73.5%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Falls Creek	Punxsutawney
Poverty rate	17.3%	21.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1952	1953