Beech Creek vs Woolrich

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

Beech Creek and Woolrich 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 666 in Woolrich). Beech Creek has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $51,556 in Woolrich). Woolrich has the higher median home value ($234,500 vs $170,400 in Beech Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Creek	Woolrich
Population	716	666
Median age	41.6 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$51,556
Median home value	$170,400	$234,500
Median gross rent	$448	—
Housing units	309	387
Homeownership rate	75.9%	98.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	59.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Creek	Woolrich
Population	789 → 716 (-9.3%)	832 → 666 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$47,656 → $53,750 (+12.8%)	$62,781 → $51,556 (-17.9%)
Median home value	$120,700 → $170,400 (+41.2%)	$234,500 → $234,500 (+0.0%)
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

Woolrich

Population

832666

Median household income

$62,781$51,556

Median home value

$234,500$234,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Creek	Woolrich
Under 5	6.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	8.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	1.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	18.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	18.3%
75 and over	9.9%	20.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Creek	Woolrich
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Creek	Woolrich
No high school diploma	11.7%	0.4%
High school graduate	48.3%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	43.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Creek	Woolrich
Drove alone	93.2%	76.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	19.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Creek	Woolrich
1-unit, detached	75.1%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beech Creek	Woolrich
Poverty rate	11.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.44	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1958	1953