Beech Creek vs South Renovo

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

Beech Creek and South Renovo 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 478 in South Renovo). Beech Creek has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $42,857 in South Renovo). Beech Creek has the higher median home value ($170,400 vs $55,200 in South Renovo).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Creek	South Renovo
Population	716	478
Median age	41.6 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$42,857
Median home value	$170,400	$55,200
Median gross rent	$448	$955
Housing units	309	239
Homeownership rate	75.9%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Creek	South Renovo
Population	789 → 716 (-9.3%)	500 → 478 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $53,750 (+12.8%)	$48,125 → $42,857 (-10.9%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $170,400 (+41.2%)	$40,700 → $55,200 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $448 (-11.6%)	$686 → $955 (+39.2%)

Beech Creek

Population

789716

Median household income

$47,656$53,750

Median home value

$120,700$170,400

Median gross rent

$507$448

South Renovo

Population

500478

Median household income

$48,125$42,857

Median home value

$40,700$55,200

Median gross rent

$686$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Creek	South Renovo
Under 5	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	11.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	21.8%
75 and over	9.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Creek	South Renovo
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Creek	South Renovo
No high school diploma	11.7%	9.3%
High school graduate	48.3%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Creek	South Renovo
Drove alone	93.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	2.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Creek	South Renovo
1-unit, detached	75.1%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	24.7%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beech Creek	South Renovo
Poverty rate	11.0%	19.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1958	1938