Beaver County vs Butler County

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver County and Butler County: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaver County and Butler County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butler County has the higher population (195,870 vs 166,993 in Beaver County). Butler County has the higher median household income ($86,775 vs $70,156 in Beaver County). Butler County has the higher median home value ($275,600 vs $185,500 in Beaver County).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver County	Butler County
Population	166,993	195,870
Median age	44.7 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,156	$86,775
Median home value	$185,500	$275,600
Median gross rent	$867	$1,018
Housing units	79,159	86,399
Homeownership rate	74.5%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver County	Butler County
Population	165,833 → 166,993 (+0.7%)	186,899 → 195,870 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$57,807 → $70,156 (+21.4%)	$70,668 → $86,775 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $185,500 (+31.5%)	$205,600 → $275,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $867 (+24.2%)	$869 → $1,018 (+17.1%)

Beaver County

Population

165,833166,993

Median household income

$57,807$70,156

Median home value

$141,100$185,500

Median gross rent

$698$867

Butler County

Population

186,899195,870

Median household income

$70,668$86,775

Median home value

$205,600$275,600

Median gross rent

$869$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver County	Butler County
Under 5	4.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.0%
75 and over	9.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver County	Butler County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	93.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver County	Butler County
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	36.3%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver County	Butler County
Drove alone	76.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.5%	13.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver County	Butler County
1-unit, detached	75.8%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Beaver County	Butler County
Poverty rate	10.1%	8.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1958	1979