About Briar Creek

Briar Creek is a tiny borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 651 people and just one neighborhood, Briar Creek is the 938th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Briar Creek is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.0% of the Briar Creek workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Briar Creek is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Briar Creek who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.69%), food service (8.03%), and sales jobs (6.93%).

Residents of the borough have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.55 minutes getting to work every day.

Despite being a small borough, Briar Creek has a lot of people using taxis to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on taxis are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Briar Creek Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Briar Creek ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 7.13% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Briar Creek in 2000 was $13,009, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $52,036 for a family of four.

The people who call Briar Creek home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Briar Creek is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Briar Creek include German, Italian, Irish, Dutch, Polish, Ukrainian, and English.

The most common language spoken in Briar Creek is English.