Beaver vs Monaca

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

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

Monaca has the higher population (5,557 vs 4,403 in Beaver). Beaver has the higher median household income ($76,397 vs $64,839 in Monaca). Beaver has the higher median home value ($238,400 vs $142,100 in Monaca).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Monaca
Population	4,403	5,557
Median age	46.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,397	$64,839
Median home value	$238,400	$142,100
Median gross rent	$919	$773
Housing units	2,325	2,651
Homeownership rate	67.0%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Monaca
Population	4,334 → 4,403 (+1.6%)	5,521 → 5,557 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $76,397 (+30.0%)	$39,974 → $64,839 (+62.2%)
Median home value	$190,800 → $238,400 (+24.9%)	$122,000 → $142,100 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $919 (+20.6%)	$601 → $773 (+28.6%)

Beaver

Population

4,3344,403

Median household income

$58,750$76,397

Median home value

$190,800$238,400

Median gross rent

$762$919

Monaca

Population

5,5215,557

Median household income

$39,974$64,839

Median home value

$122,000$142,100

Median gross rent

$601$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Monaca
Under 5	2.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.0%
75 and over	12.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Monaca
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	87.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	Monaca
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	22.6%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Monaca
Drove alone	64.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	5.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	13.5%
Other means	3.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Monaca
1-unit, detached	61.3%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	5.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Monaca
Poverty rate	5.2%	15.9%
Average household size	1.99	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1938	1951