Buena Vista vs West Elizabeth

A side-by-side comparison of Buena Vista and West Elizabeth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Elizabeth has the higher population (400 vs 314 in Buena Vista). West Elizabeth has the higher median household income ($62,778 vs $35,500 in Buena Vista). West Elizabeth has the higher median home value ($76,600 vs $47,400 in Buena Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Vista	West Elizabeth
Population	314	400
Median age	64.3 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,500	$62,778
Median home value	$47,400	$76,600
Median gross rent	—	$806
Housing units	128	194
Homeownership rate	86.7%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Vista	West Elizabeth
Population	—	524 → 400 (-23.7%)
Median household income	—	$45,000 → $62,778 (+39.5%)
Median home value	—	$66,000 → $76,600 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$716 → $806 (+12.6%)

Buena Vista

West Elizabeth

Population

524400

Median household income

$45,000$62,778

Median home value

$66,000$76,600

Median gross rent

$716$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena Vista	West Elizabeth
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	17.8%	3.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	19.5%
55 to 64	57.0%	19.5%
65 to 74	3.8%	8.5%
75 and over	13.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Vista	West Elizabeth
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	57.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Vista	West Elizabeth
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	85.0%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Vista	West Elizabeth
Drove alone	100.0%	73.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Vista	West Elizabeth
1-unit, detached	48.4%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	31.3%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Buena Vista	West Elizabeth
Poverty rate	8.3%	7.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1951	1951