Ben Avon Heights vs Buena Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Ben Avon Heights and Buena Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

Ben Avon Heights and Buena Vista are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ben Avon Heights has the higher population (343 vs 314 in Buena Vista). Ben Avon Heights has the higher median household income ($240,938 vs $35,500 in Buena Vista). Ben Avon Heights has the higher median home value ($491,700 vs $47,400 in Buena Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Ben Avon Heights	Buena Vista
Population	343	314
Median age	43.1 yrs	64.3 yrs
Median household income	$240,938	$35,500
Median home value	$491,700	$47,400
Housing units	121	128
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ben Avon Heights	Buena Vista
Population	392 → 343 (-12.5%)	—
Median household income	$181,875 → $240,938 (+32.5%)	—
Median home value	$361,300 → $491,700 (+36.1%)	—

Ben Avon Heights

Population

392343

Median household income

$181,875$240,938

Median home value

$361,300$491,700

Buena Vista

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Buena Vista
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.8%
45 to 54	17.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	17.2%	57.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	3.8%
75 and over	4.4%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Buena Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	43.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	57.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ben Avon Heights	Buena Vista
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	4.4%	85.0%
Some college or associate's	9.2%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	44.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Buena Vista
Drove alone	66.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Buena Vista
1-unit, detached	99.2%	48.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	31.3%
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%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Ben Avon Heights	Buena Vista
Poverty rate	0.6%	8.3%
Average household size	2.93	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1938	1951