Big Beaver vs Midland

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

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

Midland has the higher population (2,433 vs 1,793 in Big Beaver). Big Beaver has the higher median household income ($68,841 vs $61,250 in Midland). Big Beaver has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $90,700 in Midland).

Population, income & housing

	Big Beaver	Midland
Population	1,793	2,433
Median age	58.1 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,841	$61,250
Median home value	$186,300	$90,700
Median gross rent	$740	$658
Housing units	760	1,200
Homeownership rate	93.7%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Beaver	Midland
Population	1,784 → 1,793 (+0.5%)	2,918 → 2,433 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$64,097 → $68,841 (+7.4%)	$44,889 → $61,250 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $186,300 (+32.8%)	$64,800 → $90,700 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $740 (+24.2%)	$539 → $658 (+22.1%)

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

Midland

Population

2,9182,433

Median household income

$44,889$61,250

Median home value

$64,800$90,700

Median gross rent

$539$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Beaver	Midland
Under 5	3.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	8.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	9.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	27.6%	17.7%
65 to 74	17.6%	12.9%
75 and over	9.6%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Beaver	Midland
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	80.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	10.4%
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%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Beaver	Midland
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	43.1%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Beaver	Midland
Drove alone	81.9%	66.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.7%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Beaver	Midland
1-unit, detached	88.4%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	20.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Big Beaver	Midland
Poverty rate	6.1%	21.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1959	1941