Big Beaver vs Freedom

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

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

Big Beaver has the higher population (1,793 vs 1,566 in Freedom). Freedom has the higher median household income ($71,406 vs $68,841 in Big Beaver). Big Beaver has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $101,900 in Freedom).

Population, income & housing

	Big Beaver	Freedom
Population	1,793	1,566
Median age	58.1 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,841	$71,406
Median home value	$186,300	$101,900
Median gross rent	$740	$929
Housing units	760	757
Homeownership rate	93.7%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Beaver	Freedom
Population	1,784 → 1,793 (+0.5%)	1,532 → 1,566 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$64,097 → $68,841 (+7.4%)	$46,406 → $71,406 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $186,300 (+32.8%)	$75,800 → $101,900 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $740 (+24.2%)	$610 → $929 (+52.3%)

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

Freedom

Population

1,5321,566

Median household income

$46,406$71,406

Median home value

$75,800$101,900

Median gross rent

$610$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Beaver	Freedom
Under 5	3.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	8.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	15.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	27.6%	13.3%
65 to 74	17.6%	9.3%
75 and over	9.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Beaver	Freedom
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Beaver	Freedom
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	43.1%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Beaver	Freedom
Drove alone	81.9%	67.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Beaver	Freedom
1-unit, detached	88.4%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Big Beaver	Freedom
Poverty rate	6.1%	21.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1959	1941