Ambridge vs Beaver Falls

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

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

Beaver Falls has the higher population (8,885 vs 6,912 in Ambridge). Ambridge has the higher median household income ($50,978 vs $48,462 in Beaver Falls). Ambridge has the higher median home value ($94,000 vs $92,900 in Beaver Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Ambridge	Beaver Falls
Population	6,912	8,885
Median age	42.8 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,978	$48,462
Median home value	$94,000	$92,900
Median gross rent	$910	$740
Housing units	3,855	3,890
Homeownership rate	46.1%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ambridge	Beaver Falls
Population	6,707 → 6,912 (+3.1%)	8,464 → 8,885 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$41,377 → $50,978 (+23.2%)	$32,899 → $48,462 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $94,000 (+31.7%)	$70,600 → $92,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $910 (+30.6%)	$631 → $740 (+17.3%)

Ambridge

Population

6,7076,912

Median household income

$41,377$50,978

Median home value

$71,400$94,000

Median gross rent

$697$910

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)

	Ambridge	Beaver Falls
Under 5	3.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	16.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.6%
75 and over	5.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ambridge	Beaver Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	65.3%
Black or African American	13.7%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ambridge	Beaver Falls
No high school diploma	6.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	39.0%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ambridge	Beaver Falls
Drove alone	71.8%	65.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	12.0%
Public transit	3.5%	5.2%
Walked	4.5%	10.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ambridge	Beaver Falls
1-unit, detached	59.7%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	10.1%
20 or more units	7.2%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Ambridge	Beaver Falls
Poverty rate	15.6%	21.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938