Beavertown vs Penns Creek

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

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

Beavertown has the higher population (806 vs 709 in Penns Creek). Beavertown has the higher median household income ($66,042 vs $52,875 in Penns Creek). Penns Creek has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $148,800 in Beavertown).

Population, income & housing

	Beavertown	Penns Creek
Population	806	709
Median age	42.9 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,042	$52,875
Median home value	$148,800	$150,000
Median gross rent	$803	$1,059
Housing units	389	292
Homeownership rate	76.1%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beavertown	Penns Creek
Population	1,077 → 806 (-25.2%)	674 → 709 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $66,042 (+35.5%)	$39,336 → $52,875 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$125,700 → $148,800 (+18.4%)	$125,000 → $150,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $803 (-2.3%)	$707 → $1,059 (+49.8%)

Beavertown

Population

1,077806

Median household income

$48,750$66,042

Median home value

$125,700$148,800

Median gross rent

$822$803

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)

	Beavertown	Penns Creek
Under 5	2.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	4.2%
18 to 24	2.5%	21.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	21.2%
35 to 44	19.2%	8.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.0%
75 and over	11.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beavertown	Penns Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	73.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beavertown	Penns Creek
No high school diploma	4.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	58.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beavertown	Penns Creek
Drove alone	83.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	11.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beavertown	Penns Creek
1-unit, detached	82.8%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Beavertown	Penns Creek
Poverty rate	8.2%	12.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	33	15
Median year structure built	1957	1976