Big Beaver vs West Mayfield

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

Big Beaver and West Mayfield 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 1,326 in West Mayfield). Big Beaver has the higher median household income ($68,841 vs $51,688 in West Mayfield). Big Beaver has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $141,600 in West Mayfield).

Population, income & housing

	Big Beaver	West Mayfield
Population	1,793	1,326
Median age	58.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,841	$51,688
Median home value	$186,300	$141,600
Median gross rent	$740	$941
Housing units	760	649
Homeownership rate	93.7%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Beaver	West Mayfield
Population	1,784 → 1,793 (+0.5%)	1,081 → 1,326 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$64,097 → $68,841 (+7.4%)	$57,500 → $51,688 (-10.1%)
Median home value	$140,300 → $186,300 (+32.8%)	$101,400 → $141,600 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $740 (+24.2%)	$855 → $941 (+10.1%)

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

West Mayfield

Population

1,0811,326

Median household income

$57,500$51,688

Median home value

$101,400$141,600

Median gross rent

$855$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Beaver	West Mayfield
Under 5	3.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	8.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	27.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	17.6%	9.4%
75 and over	9.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Beaver	West Mayfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Beaver	West Mayfield
No high school diploma	5.5%	11.2%
High school graduate	43.1%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Beaver	West Mayfield
Drove alone	81.9%	67.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	8.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Beaver	West Mayfield
1-unit, detached	88.4%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Beaver	West Mayfield
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1959	1953