Beaver vs Rochester

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

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

Beaver has the higher population (4,403 vs 3,445 in Rochester). Beaver has the higher median household income ($76,397 vs $40,710 in Rochester). Beaver has the higher median home value ($238,400 vs $109,300 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver	Rochester
Population	4,403	3,445
Median age	46.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,397	$40,710
Median home value	$238,400	$109,300
Median gross rent	$919	$744
Housing units	2,325	1,973
Homeownership rate	67.0%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver	Rochester
Population	4,334 → 4,403 (+1.6%)	3,502 → 3,445 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $76,397 (+30.0%)	$30,120 → $40,710 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$190,800 → $238,400 (+24.9%)	$72,000 → $109,300 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $919 (+20.6%)	$602 → $744 (+23.6%)

Beaver

Population

4,3344,403

Median household income

$58,750$76,397

Median home value

$190,800$238,400

Median gross rent

$762$919

Rochester

Population

3,5023,445

Median household income

$30,120$40,710

Median home value

$72,000$109,300

Median gross rent

$602$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver	Rochester
Under 5	2.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	17.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.2%
65 to 74	15.0%	6.6%
75 and over	12.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	81.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver	Rochester
No high school diploma	2.9%	11.5%
High school graduate	22.6%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver	Rochester
Drove alone	64.9%	66.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	5.4%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	2.9%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver	Rochester
1-unit, detached	61.3%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	11.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beaver	Rochester
Poverty rate	5.2%	29.3%
Average household size	1.99	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1938	1945