New Beaver vs New Bedford

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

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

New Beaver has the higher population (1,377 vs 936 in New Bedford). New Bedford has the higher median household income ($76,136 vs $61,364 in New Beaver). New Bedford has the higher median home value ($167,100 vs $130,600 in New Beaver).

Population, income & housing

	New Beaver	New Bedford
Population	1,377	936
Median age	47.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,364	$76,136
Median home value	$130,600	$167,100
Median gross rent	$734	—
Housing units	653	365
Homeownership rate	82.0%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Beaver	New Bedford
Population	1,386 → 1,377 (-0.6%)	1,032 → 936 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$46,190 → $61,364 (+32.9%)	$53,494 → $76,136 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $130,600 (+50.1%)	$141,500 → $167,100 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $734 (+9.4%)	—

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

New Bedford

Population

1,032936

Median household income

$53,494$76,136

Median home value

$141,500$167,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Beaver	New Bedford
Under 5	5.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	1.3%	11.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	6.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	19.8%
55 to 64	18.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.1%
75 and over	10.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Beaver	New Bedford
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	99.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Beaver	New Bedford
No high school diploma	14.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	45.6%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Beaver	New Bedford
Drove alone	88.7%	66.5%
Carpooled	2.9%	20.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	13.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Beaver	New Bedford
1-unit, detached	67.2%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	New Beaver	New Bedford
Poverty rate	8.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1972	1966