Beaver Creek vs Mount Aetna

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver Creek and Mount Aetna: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaver Creek and Mount Aetna are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Aetna has the higher population (581 vs 521 in Beaver Creek). Beaver Creek has the higher median home value ($629,400 vs $457,100 in Mount Aetna). Since 2019, Beaver Creek's population has grown faster (+71.4% vs -15.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Creek	Mount Aetna
Population	521	581
Median age	44.5 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$120,417
Median home value	$629,400	$457,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,184
Housing units	166	202
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Creek	Mount Aetna
Population	304 → 521 (+71.4%)	689 → 581 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$187,708 → $155,500 (-17.2%)	$140,833 → $120,417 (-14.5%)
Median home value	$541,700 → $629,400 (+16.2%)	$386,800 → $457,100 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,775 → $1,184 (-33.3%)

Beaver Creek

Population

304521

Median household income

$187,708$155,500

Median home value

$541,700$629,400

Mount Aetna

Population

689581

Median household income

$140,833$120,417

Median home value

$386,800$457,100

Median gross rent

$1,775$1,184

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Creek	Mount Aetna
Under 5	2.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	34.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	1.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	6.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	7.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	17.9%	23.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.0%
75 and over	3.8%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Creek	Mount Aetna
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	65.9%
Black or African American	49.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Creek	Mount Aetna
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	27.1%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	46.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Creek	Mount Aetna
Drove alone	79.7%	78.4%
Carpooled	12.7%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Creek	Mount Aetna
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Creek	Mount Aetna
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.5%
Average household size	3.14	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	44	18
Median year structure built	1999	1985