New Beaver vs Oakland

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

New Beaver and Oakland 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 1,309 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median household income ($68,864 vs $61,364 in New Beaver). New Beaver has the higher median home value ($130,600 vs $111,800 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	New Beaver	Oakland
Population	1,377	1,309
Median age	47.7 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,364	$68,864
Median home value	$130,600	$111,800
Median gross rent	$734	$1,075
Housing units	653	722
Homeownership rate	82.0%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Beaver	Oakland
Population	1,386 → 1,377 (-0.6%)	1,579 → 1,309 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$46,190 → $61,364 (+32.9%)	$54,605 → $68,864 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $130,600 (+50.1%)	$85,900 → $111,800 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $734 (+9.4%)	$952 → $1,075 (+12.9%)

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

Oakland

Population

1,5791,309

Median household income

$54,605$68,864

Median home value

$85,900$111,800

Median gross rent

$952$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Beaver	Oakland
Under 5	5.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	1.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	18.5%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	18.5%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.8%
75 and over	10.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Beaver	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.6%
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%	16.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Beaver	Oakland
No high school diploma	14.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	45.6%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Beaver	Oakland
Drove alone	88.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	2.9%	8.9%
Public transit	0.5%	3.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	13.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Beaver	Oakland
1-unit, detached	67.2%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
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%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	New Beaver	Oakland
Poverty rate	8.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1972	1950