Beech Creek vs Rote

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

Beech Creek and Rote 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 608 in Rote). Rote has the higher median household income ($82,426 vs $53,750 in Beech Creek). Rote has the higher median home value ($214,600 vs $170,400 in Beech Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Creek	Rote
Population	716	608
Median age	41.6 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$82,426
Median home value	$170,400	$214,600
Median gross rent	$448	$857
Housing units	309	269
Homeownership rate	75.9%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Creek	Rote
Population	789 → 716 (-9.3%)	546 → 608 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $53,750 (+12.8%)	$62,206 → $82,426 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $170,400 (+41.2%)	$158,400 → $214,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $448 (-11.6%)	—

Beech Creek

Population

789716

Median household income

$47,656$53,750

Median home value

$120,700$170,400

Median gross rent

$507$448

Rote

Population

546608

Median household income

$62,206$82,426

Median home value

$158,400$214,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Creek	Rote
Under 5	6.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	17.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	4.4%
75 and over	9.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Creek	Rote
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Creek	Rote
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	48.3%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Creek	Rote
Drove alone	93.2%	80.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Creek	Rote
1-unit, detached	75.1%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Beech Creek	Rote
Poverty rate	11.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1958	1970