Beaver vs New Brighton

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

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

New Brighton has the higher population (5,600 vs 4,403 in Beaver). Beaver has the higher median household income ($76,397 vs $50,426 in New Brighton). Beaver has the higher median home value ($238,400 vs $104,100 in New Brighton).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	New Brighton
Population	4,403	5,600
Median age	46.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,397	$50,426
Median home value	$238,400	$104,100
Median gross rent	$919	$716
Housing units	2,325	2,972
Homeownership rate	67.0%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	New Brighton
Population	4,334 → 4,403 (+1.6%)	5,780 → 5,600 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $76,397 (+30.0%)	$37,460 → $50,426 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$190,800 → $238,400 (+24.9%)	$73,100 → $104,100 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $919 (+20.6%)	$649 → $716 (+10.3%)

Beaver

Population

4,3344,403

Median household income

$58,750$76,397

Median home value

$190,800$238,400

Median gross rent

$762$919

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	New Brighton
Under 5	2.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.6%
75 and over	12.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	New Brighton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	77.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	New Brighton
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	22.6%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	New Brighton
Drove alone	64.9%	72.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	5.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.2%	9.0%
Other means	3.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	New Brighton
1-unit, detached	61.3%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	15.5%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	New Brighton
Poverty rate	5.2%	18.7%
Average household size	1.99	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938