Beaver Springs vs Penns Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver Springs and Penns Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beaver Springs has the higher population (740 vs 709 in Penns Creek). Beaver Springs has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $52,875 in Penns Creek). Penns Creek has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $129,000 in Beaver Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Springs	Penns Creek
Population	740	709
Median age	49.3 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$52,875
Median home value	$129,000	$150,000
Median gross rent	$733	$1,059
Housing units	387	292
Homeownership rate	59.4%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Springs	Penns Creek
Population	580 → 740 (+27.6%)	674 → 709 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$37,344 → $53,750 (+43.9%)	$39,336 → $52,875 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $129,000 (+3.6%)	$125,000 → $150,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $733 (+10.1%)	$707 → $1,059 (+49.8%)

Beaver Springs

Population

580740

Median household income

$37,344$53,750

Median home value

$124,500$129,000

Median gross rent

$666$733

Penns Creek

Population

674709

Median household income

$39,336$52,875

Median home value

$125,000$150,000

Median gross rent

$707$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Springs	Penns Creek
Under 5	3.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	4.2%
18 to 24	2.8%	21.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	21.2%
35 to 44	6.5%	8.7%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	16.4%	9.0%
75 and over	11.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Springs	Penns Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	73.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Springs	Penns Creek
No high school diploma	9.5%	11.2%
High school graduate	53.8%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Springs	Penns Creek
Drove alone	84.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	11.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Springs	Penns Creek
1-unit, detached	78.6%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Springs	Penns Creek
Poverty rate	13.4%	12.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	15
Median year structure built	1966	1976