Big Beaver vs Industry

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

Big Beaver and Industry 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 1,657 in Industry). Industry has the higher median household income ($71,742 vs $68,841 in Big Beaver). Big Beaver has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $184,400 in Industry).

Population, income & housing

	Big Beaver	Industry
Population	1,793	1,657
Median age	58.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,841	$71,742
Median home value	$186,300	$184,400
Median gross rent	$740	$1,196
Housing units	760	758
Homeownership rate	93.7%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Beaver	Industry
Population	1,784 → 1,793 (+0.5%)	1,698 → 1,657 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$64,097 → $68,841 (+7.4%)	$56,286 → $71,742 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $186,300 (+32.8%)	$139,500 → $184,400 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $740 (+24.2%)	$820 → $1,196 (+45.9%)

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

Industry

Population

1,6981,657

Median household income

$56,286$71,742

Median home value

$139,500$184,400

Median gross rent

$820$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Beaver	Industry
Under 5	3.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	8.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	27.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	17.6%	15.5%
75 and over	9.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Beaver	Industry
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Beaver	Industry
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.6%
High school graduate	43.1%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Beaver	Industry
Drove alone	81.9%	76.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Beaver	Industry
1-unit, detached	88.4%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Big Beaver	Industry
Poverty rate	6.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1959	1958