Big Beaver vs Conway

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

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

Conway has the higher population (2,072 vs 1,793 in Big Beaver). Big Beaver has the higher median household income ($68,841 vs $63,307 in Conway). Big Beaver has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $176,600 in Conway).

Population, income & housing

	Big Beaver	Conway
Population	1,793	2,072
Median age	58.1 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,841	$63,307
Median home value	$186,300	$176,600
Median gross rent	$740	$843
Housing units	760	1,128
Homeownership rate	93.7%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Beaver	Conway
Population	1,784 → 1,793 (+0.5%)	2,114 → 2,072 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$64,097 → $68,841 (+7.4%)	$57,042 → $63,307 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $186,300 (+32.8%)	$134,700 → $176,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $740 (+24.2%)	$547 → $843 (+54.1%)

Big Beaver

Population

1,7841,793

Median household income

$64,097$68,841

Median home value

$140,300$186,300

Median gross rent

$596$740

Conway

Population

2,1142,072

Median household income

$57,042$63,307

Median home value

$134,700$176,600

Median gross rent

$547$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Beaver	Conway
Under 5	3.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	8.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	8.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	27.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	17.6%	9.4%
75 and over	9.6%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Beaver	Conway
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Beaver	Conway
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	43.1%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Beaver	Conway
Drove alone	81.9%	81.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Beaver	Conway
1-unit, detached	88.4%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Big Beaver	Conway
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.43	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1959	1958