Beaver vs Piketon

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver and Piketon: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaver and Piketon are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Piketon has the higher population (2,603 vs 571 in Beaver). Piketon has the higher median household income ($41,923 vs $40,481 in Beaver). Beaver has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $122,400 in Piketon).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Piketon
Population	571	2,603
Median age	32.7 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,481	$41,923
Median home value	$150,000	$122,400
Median gross rent	$685	$739
Housing units	310	1,057
Homeownership rate	36.4%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Piketon
Population	556 → 571 (+2.7%)	2,269 → 2,603 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$31,731 → $40,481 (+27.6%)	$38,241 → $41,923 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $150,000 (+38.5%)	$112,500 → $122,400 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $685 (+16.5%)	$600 → $739 (+23.2%)

Beaver

Population

556571

Median household income

$31,731$40,481

Median home value

$108,300$150,000

Median gross rent

$588$685

Piketon

Population

2,2692,603

Median household income

$38,241$41,923

Median home value

$112,500$122,400

Median gross rent

$600$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Piketon
Under 5	5.4%	12.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	25.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	5.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	5.6%	8.1%
65 to 74	16.3%	10.4%
75 and over	4.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Piketon
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.4%
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	16.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	Piketon
No high school diploma	10.2%	16.6%
High school graduate	56.3%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Piketon
Drove alone	73.9%	97.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Piketon
1-unit, detached	61.0%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	32.6%	15.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Piketon
Poverty rate	18.4%	23.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1980	1975