Aliquippa vs Beaver Falls

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

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

Aliquippa has the higher population (9,146 vs 8,885 in Beaver Falls). Aliquippa has the higher median household income ($51,050 vs $48,462 in Beaver Falls). Aliquippa has the higher median home value ($96,800 vs $92,900 in Beaver Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Aliquippa	Beaver Falls
Population	9,146	8,885
Median age	48.9 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,050	$48,462
Median home value	$96,800	$92,900
Median gross rent	$720	$740
Housing units	5,644	3,890
Homeownership rate	62.4%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aliquippa	Beaver Falls
Population	9,004 → 9,146 (+1.6%)	8,464 → 8,885 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$31,985 → $51,050 (+59.6%)	$32,899 → $48,462 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $96,800 (+27.7%)	$70,600 → $92,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $720 (+12.0%)	$631 → $740 (+17.3%)

Aliquippa

Population

9,0049,146

Median household income

$31,985$51,050

Median home value

$75,800$96,800

Median gross rent

$643$720

Beaver Falls

Population

8,4648,885

Median household income

$32,899$48,462

Median home value

$70,600$92,900

Median gross rent

$631$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aliquippa	Beaver Falls
Under 5	2.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	16.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	7.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.6%
75 and over	10.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aliquippa	Beaver Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	65.3%
Black or African American	37.2%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aliquippa	Beaver Falls
No high school diploma	8.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aliquippa	Beaver Falls
Drove alone	65.0%	65.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	12.0%
Public transit	6.9%	5.2%
Walked	1.1%	10.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	14.1%	5.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aliquippa	Beaver Falls
1-unit, detached	69.9%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Aliquippa	Beaver Falls
Poverty rate	19.9%	21.7%
Average household size	1.99	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1946	1938