Beech Creek vs McElhattan

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

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

McElhattan has the higher population (1,045 vs 716 in Beech Creek). McElhattan has the higher median household income ($63,542 vs $53,750 in Beech Creek). McElhattan has the higher median home value ($224,200 vs $170,400 in Beech Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Creek	McElhattan
Population	716	1,045
Median age	41.6 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$63,542
Median home value	$170,400	$224,200
Median gross rent	$448	$900
Housing units	309	452
Homeownership rate	75.9%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Creek	McElhattan
Population	789 → 716 (-9.3%)	385 → 1,045 (+171.4%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $53,750 (+12.8%)	$41,667 → $63,542 (+52.5%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $170,400 (+41.2%)	$83,300 → $224,200 (+169.1%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $448 (-11.6%)	$1,158 → $900 (-22.3%)

Beech Creek

Population

789716

Median household income

$47,656$53,750

Median home value

$120,700$170,400

Median gross rent

$507$448

McElhattan

Population

3851,045

Median household income

$41,667$63,542

Median home value

$83,300$224,200

Median gross rent

$1,158$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Creek	McElhattan
Under 5	6.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.3%
75 and over	9.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Creek	McElhattan
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	83.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Creek	McElhattan
No high school diploma	11.7%	13.3%
High school graduate	48.3%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Creek	McElhattan
Drove alone	93.2%	81.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Creek	McElhattan
1-unit, detached	75.1%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Beech Creek	McElhattan
Poverty rate	11.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1958	1992