New Beaver vs Oakwood

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

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

Oakwood has the higher population (2,263 vs 1,377 in New Beaver). Oakwood has the higher median household income ($72,273 vs $61,364 in New Beaver). New Beaver has the higher median home value ($130,600 vs $112,500 in Oakwood).

Population, income & housing

	New Beaver	Oakwood
Population	1,377	2,263
Median age	47.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,364	$72,273
Median home value	$130,600	$112,500
Median gross rent	$734	$1,261
Housing units	653	964
Homeownership rate	82.0%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Beaver	Oakwood
Population	1,386 → 1,377 (-0.6%)	2,233 → 2,263 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$46,190 → $61,364 (+32.9%)	$50,461 → $72,273 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $130,600 (+50.1%)	$85,700 → $112,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $734 (+9.4%)	$778 → $1,261 (+62.1%)

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

Oakwood

Population

2,2332,263

Median household income

$50,461$72,273

Median home value

$85,700$112,500

Median gross rent

$778$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Beaver	Oakwood
Under 5	5.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	1.3%	2.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	18.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.2%
75 and over	10.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Beaver	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	5.8%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Beaver	Oakwood
No high school diploma	14.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	45.6%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Beaver	Oakwood
Drove alone	88.7%	73.2%
Carpooled	2.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	15.4%
Other means	1.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Beaver	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	67.2%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	New Beaver	Oakwood
Poverty rate	8.1%	9.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1972	1958