Beaver Falls vs New Brighton

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

Beaver Falls and New Brighton 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 5,600 in New Brighton). New Brighton has the higher median household income ($50,426 vs $48,462 in Beaver Falls). New Brighton has the higher median home value ($104,100 vs $92,900 in Beaver Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Falls	New Brighton
Population	8,885	5,600
Median age	32.2 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,462	$50,426
Median home value	$92,900	$104,100
Median gross rent	$740	$716
Housing units	3,890	2,972
Homeownership rate	49.8%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Falls	New Brighton
Population	8,464 → 8,885 (+5.0%)	5,780 → 5,600 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$32,899 → $48,462 (+47.3%)	$37,460 → $50,426 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$70,600 → $92,900 (+31.6%)	$73,100 → $104,100 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $740 (+17.3%)	$649 → $716 (+10.3%)

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

New Brighton

Population

5,7805,600

Median household income

$37,460$50,426

Median home value

$73,100$104,100

Median gross rent

$649$716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Falls	New Brighton
Under 5	7.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	16.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	7.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.6%
75 and over	6.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Falls	New Brighton
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	77.3%
Black or African American	25.3%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Falls	New Brighton
No high school diploma	9.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	44.3%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Falls	New Brighton
Drove alone	65.7%	72.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	10.6%
Public transit	5.2%	2.8%
Walked	10.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.9%	9.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Falls	New Brighton
1-unit, detached	59.7%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	15.5%
20 or more units	6.6%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Falls	New Brighton
Poverty rate	21.7%	18.7%
Average household size	2.32	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938