Falls Creek vs Sykesville

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

Falls Creek and Sykesville 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 978 in Sykesville). Falls Creek has the higher median household income ($47,589 vs $37,346 in Sykesville). Falls Creek has the higher median home value ($104,700 vs $85,900 in Sykesville).

Population, income & housing

	Falls Creek	Sykesville
Population	1,084	978
Median age	40.1 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,589	$37,346
Median home value	$104,700	$85,900
Median gross rent	$993	$546
Housing units	506	561
Homeownership rate	68.4%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls Creek	Sykesville
Population	951 → 1,084 (+14.0%)	1,055 → 978 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$51,406 → $47,589 (-7.4%)	$38,365 → $37,346 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$72,600 → $104,700 (+44.2%)	$74,900 → $85,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $993 (+34.0%)	$603 → $546 (-9.5%)

Falls Creek

Population

9511,084

Median household income

$51,406$47,589

Median home value

$72,600$104,700

Median gross rent

$741$993

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)

	Falls Creek	Sykesville
Under 5	5.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	13.7%	9.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	7.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	19.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.4%
75 and over	7.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls Creek	Sykesville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	95.9%
Black or African American	3.0%	3.5%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falls Creek	Sykesville
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	46.3%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls Creek	Sykesville
Drove alone	79.3%	71.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.4%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.5%
Other means	1.5%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls Creek	Sykesville
1-unit, detached	73.5%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Falls Creek	Sykesville
Poverty rate	17.3%	18.0%
Average household size	2.39	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1952	1951