Beech Mountain Lakes vs Shavertown

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Mountain Lakes and Shavertown: population, income, housing, and more.

Beech Mountain Lakes and Shavertown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shavertown has the higher population (2,150 vs 1,920 in Beech Mountain Lakes). Beech Mountain Lakes has the higher median household income ($121,154 vs $86,118 in Shavertown). Beech Mountain Lakes has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $202,400 in Shavertown).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Shavertown
Population	1,920	2,150
Median age	45.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$121,154	$86,118
Median home value	$214,900	$202,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,142
Housing units	811	1,154
Homeownership rate	93.7%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Shavertown
Population	1,789 → 1,920 (+7.3%)	1,981 → 2,150 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$76,333 → $121,154 (+58.7%)	$63,867 → $86,118 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $214,900 (+30.1%)	$141,000 → $202,400 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$640 → $1,142 (+78.4%)

Beech Mountain Lakes

Population

1,7891,920

Median household income

$76,333$121,154

Median home value

$165,200$214,900

Shavertown

Population

1,9812,150

Median household income

$63,867$86,118

Median home value

$141,000$202,400

Median gross rent

$640$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Shavertown
Under 5	5.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	7.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.3%	23.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	2.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	6.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	15.9%	11.2%
75 and over	7.1%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Shavertown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Shavertown
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	23.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Shavertown
Drove alone	83.0%	90.3%
Carpooled	11.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	9.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Shavertown
1-unit, detached	90.6%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beech Mountain Lakes	Shavertown
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.3%
Average household size	3.02	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1997	1958