Beech Creek vs Rauchtown

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

Beech Creek and Rauchtown 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 653 in Rauchtown). Rauchtown has the higher median household income ($73,819 vs $53,750 in Beech Creek). Rauchtown has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $170,400 in Beech Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Creek	Rauchtown
Population	716	653
Median age	41.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$73,819
Median home value	$170,400	$192,900
Median gross rent	$448	$1,146
Housing units	309	291
Homeownership rate	75.9%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Creek	Rauchtown
Population	789 → 716 (-9.3%)	587 → 653 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $53,750 (+12.8%)	$58,542 → $73,819 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $170,400 (+41.2%)	$152,500 → $192,900 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $448 (-11.6%)	$700 → $1,146 (+63.7%)

Beech Creek

Population

789716

Median household income

$47,656$53,750

Median home value

$120,700$170,400

Median gross rent

$507$448

Rauchtown

Population

587653

Median household income

$58,542$73,819

Median home value

$152,500$192,900

Median gross rent

$700$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Creek	Rauchtown
Under 5	6.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.2%
75 and over	9.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Creek	Rauchtown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Creek	Rauchtown
No high school diploma	11.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	48.3%	61.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Creek	Rauchtown
Drove alone	93.2%	93.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Creek	Rauchtown
1-unit, detached	75.1%	85.2%
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%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Beech Creek	Rauchtown
Poverty rate	11.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1958	1975