Ambridge Heights vs Big Beaver

A side-by-side comparison of Ambridge Heights and Big Beaver: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Big Beaver has the higher population (1,793 vs 1,394 in Ambridge Heights). Ambridge Heights has the higher median household income ($72,574 vs $68,841 in Big Beaver). Big Beaver has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $163,800 in Ambridge Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ambridge Heights	Big Beaver
Population	1,394	1,793
Median age	48.5 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,574	$68,841
Median home value	$163,800	$186,300
Median gross rent	$597	$740
Housing units	654	760
Homeownership rate	94.4%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ambridge Heights	Big Beaver
Population	—	1,784 → 1,793 (+0.5%)
Median household income	—	$64,097 → $68,841 (+7.4%)
Median home value	—	$140,300 → $186,300 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$596 → $740 (+24.2%)

Ambridge Heights

Big Beaver

Population

1,7841,793

Median household income

$64,097$68,841

Median home value

$140,300$186,300

Median gross rent

$596$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ambridge Heights	Big Beaver
Under 5	4.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	8.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	15.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	27.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	17.6%
75 and over	10.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ambridge Heights	Big Beaver
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	95.0%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ambridge Heights	Big Beaver
No high school diploma	1.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	39.1%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ambridge Heights	Big Beaver
Drove alone	85.1%	81.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ambridge Heights	Big Beaver
1-unit, detached	95.9%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Ambridge Heights	Big Beaver
Poverty rate	2.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1954	1959