Ellwood City vs New Beaver

A side-by-side comparison of Ellwood City and New Beaver: population, income, housing, and more.

Ellwood City and New Beaver are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ellwood City has the higher population (7,575 vs 1,377 in New Beaver). Ellwood City has the higher median household income ($62,266 vs $61,364 in New Beaver). New Beaver has the higher median home value ($130,600 vs $120,400 in Ellwood City).

Population, income & housing

	Ellwood City	New Beaver
Population	7,575	1,377
Median age	45.9 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,266	$61,364
Median home value	$120,400	$130,600
Median gross rent	$836	$734
Housing units	4,020	653
Homeownership rate	71.5%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellwood City	New Beaver
Population	7,679 → 7,575 (-1.4%)	1,386 → 1,377 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $62,266 (+34.6%)	$46,190 → $61,364 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $120,400 (+23.2%)	$87,000 → $130,600 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $836 (+23.9%)	$671 → $734 (+9.4%)

Ellwood City

Population

7,6797,575

Median household income

$46,250$62,266

Median home value

$97,700$120,400

Median gross rent

$675$836

New Beaver

Population

1,3861,377

Median household income

$46,190$61,364

Median home value

$87,000$130,600

Median gross rent

$671$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellwood City	New Beaver
Under 5	4.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	1.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	18.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.8%
75 and over	8.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellwood City	New Beaver
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellwood City	New Beaver
No high school diploma	7.9%	14.9%
High school graduate	40.0%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellwood City	New Beaver
Drove alone	72.4%	88.7%
Carpooled	14.1%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellwood City	New Beaver
1-unit, detached	77.0%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Ellwood City	New Beaver
Poverty rate	10.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.02	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1945	1972