New Beaver vs New Wilmington

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

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

New Wilmington has the higher population (2,291 vs 1,377 in New Beaver). New Beaver has the higher median household income ($61,364 vs $57,159 in New Wilmington). New Wilmington has the higher median home value ($204,300 vs $130,600 in New Beaver).

Population, income & housing

	New Beaver	New Wilmington
Population	1,377	2,291
Median age	47.7 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,364	$57,159
Median home value	$130,600	$204,300
Median gross rent	$734	$888
Housing units	653	572
Homeownership rate	82.0%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Beaver	New Wilmington
Population	1,386 → 1,377 (-0.6%)	2,186 → 2,291 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$46,190 → $61,364 (+32.9%)	$63,333 → $57,159 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $130,600 (+50.1%)	$173,800 → $204,300 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $734 (+9.4%)	$800 → $888 (+11.0%)

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 Wilmington

Population

2,1862,291

Median household income

$63,333$57,159

Median home value

$173,800$204,300

Median gross rent

$800$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Beaver	New Wilmington
Under 5	5.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	9.4%
18 to 24	1.3%	52.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	2.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	6.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	4.5%
55 to 64	18.5%	6.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	5.8%
75 and over	10.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Beaver	New Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	7.9%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Beaver	New Wilmington
No high school diploma	14.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	45.6%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Beaver	New Wilmington
Drove alone	88.7%	64.3%
Carpooled	2.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	20.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	8.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Beaver	New Wilmington
1-unit, detached	67.2%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.8%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Beaver	New Wilmington
Poverty rate	8.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1972	1953