Big Run is a
borough in
Jefferson County,
Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 624 at the
2010 census,
a decline from the figure of 686 tabulated in 2000. The borough was named for the waterway of the same name.
Geography
Big Run is located in southeastern Jefferson County at (40.969945, -78.877848),
on the north side of
Mahoning Creek, a westward-flowing tributary of the
Allegheny River
The Allegheny River ( ) is a long headwater stream of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania and New York (state), New York. The Allegheny River runs from its headwaters just below the middle of Pennsylvania's northern border northwesterly into ...
. The borough is named for Big Run, which joins Mahoning Creek at the western end of the community.
U.S. Route 119
U.S. Route 119 (US 119) is a spur of US 19. It is a north–south route (on a northeast-southwest alignment) that was an original United States highway of 1926. It is Corridor G of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) east of US ...
passes through the center of town, leading northeast to
DuBois and southwest to
Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney (; Lenape: '
)
is a borough in southern Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Punxsutawney is known globally for its annual Groundhog Day celebration held each February 2, during which thousands of attendees and international media outl ...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the borough of Big Run has a total area of , of which , or 2.69%, are water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 686 people, 282 households, and 194 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 307 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 98.54%
White, 0.58%
Native American, 0.44% from
other races, and 0.44% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 0.15% of the population.
There were 282 households, out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 25.8% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.5 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $27,500, and the median income for a family was $31,111. Males had a median income of $27,216 versus $17,917 for females. The
per capita income for the borough was $12,363. About 8.1% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 21.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
References
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Populated places established in 1822
Boroughs in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
1867 establishments in Pennsylvania