Beech Creek vs Lamar

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Creek and Lamar: population, income, housing, and more.

Beech Creek and Lamar are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beech Creek has the higher population (716 vs 620 in Lamar). Lamar has the higher median household income ($72,721 vs $53,750 in Beech Creek). Lamar has the higher median home value ($170,600 vs $170,400 in Beech Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Creek	Lamar
Population	716	620
Median age	41.6 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$72,721
Median home value	$170,400	$170,600
Median gross rent	$448	—
Housing units	309	303
Homeownership rate	75.9%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Creek	Lamar
Population	789 → 716 (-9.3%)	614 → 620 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $53,750 (+12.8%)	$50,368 → $72,721 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $170,400 (+41.2%)	$138,400 → $170,600 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $448 (-11.6%)	$653 → $681 (+4.3%)

Beech Creek

Population

789716

Median household income

$47,656$53,750

Median home value

$120,700$170,400

Median gross rent

$507$448

Lamar

Population

614620

Median household income

$50,368$72,721

Median home value

$138,400$170,600

Median gross rent

$653$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Creek	Lamar
Under 5	6.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	21.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	6.6%
75 and over	9.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Creek	Lamar
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Creek	Lamar
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	48.3%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Creek	Lamar
Drove alone	93.2%	93.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Creek	Lamar
1-unit, detached	75.1%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Beech Creek	Lamar
Poverty rate	11.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1958	1966