Beavertown vs Hummels Wharf

A side-by-side comparison of Beavertown and Hummels Wharf: population, income, housing, and more.

Beavertown and Hummels Wharf are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hummels Wharf has the higher population (988 vs 806 in Beavertown). Hummels Wharf has the higher median household income ($67,361 vs $66,042 in Beavertown). Hummels Wharf has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $148,800 in Beavertown).

Population, income & housing

	Beavertown	Hummels Wharf
Population	806	988
Median age	42.9 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,042	$67,361
Median home value	$148,800	$186,300
Median gross rent	$803	$720
Housing units	389	638
Homeownership rate	76.1%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beavertown	Hummels Wharf
Population	1,077 → 806 (-25.2%)	1,266 → 988 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $66,042 (+35.5%)	$71,806 → $67,361 (-6.2%)
Median home value	$125,700 → $148,800 (+18.4%)	$154,300 → $186,300 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $803 (-2.3%)	$839 → $720 (-14.2%)

Beavertown

Population

1,077806

Median household income

$48,750$66,042

Median home value

$125,700$148,800

Median gross rent

$822$803

Hummels Wharf

Population

1,266988

Median household income

$71,806$67,361

Median home value

$154,300$186,300

Median gross rent

$839$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beavertown	Hummels Wharf
Under 5	2.2%	1.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	9.4%
18 to 24	2.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	19.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	22.2%
75 and over	11.5%	20.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beavertown	Hummels Wharf
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beavertown	Hummels Wharf
No high school diploma	4.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	58.2%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beavertown	Hummels Wharf
Drove alone	83.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beavertown	Hummels Wharf
1-unit, detached	82.8%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Beavertown	Hummels Wharf
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1957	1966