Bulger vs Cross Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Bulger and Cross Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cross Creek has the higher population (175 vs 167 in Bulger). Bulger has the higher median home value ($180,000 vs $68,200 in Cross Creek). Since 2019, Cross Creek's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs -50.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bulger	Cross Creek
Population	167	175
Median age	62.7 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median home value	$180,000	$68,200
Housing units	116	54
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bulger	Cross Creek
Population	339 → 167 (-50.7%)	166 → 175 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$43,571 → $83,250 (+91.1%)	$93,000 → $129,167 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $180,000 (+30.9%)	$118,800 → $68,200 (-42.6%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $683 (-0.7%)	—

Bulger

Population

339167

Median household income

$43,571$83,250

Median home value

$137,500$180,000

Median gross rent

$688$683

Cross Creek

Population

166175

Median household income

$93,000$129,167

Median home value

$118,800$68,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bulger	Cross Creek
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.6%	6.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	13.7%
25 to 34	1.8%	22.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	1.7%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	25.1%
65 to 74	27.5%	14.9%
75 and over	20.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bulger	Cross Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bulger	Cross Creek
No high school diploma	14.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	41.7%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bulger	Cross Creek
Drove alone	72.0%	61.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.0%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bulger	Cross Creek
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Bulger	Cross Creek
Poverty rate	31.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.94	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1962	1938