Beaver County vs Franklin County

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

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

Beaver County has the higher population (166,993 vs 156,626 in Franklin County). Franklin County has the higher median household income ($74,946 vs $70,156 in Beaver County). Franklin County has the higher median home value ($236,300 vs $185,500 in Beaver County).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver County	Franklin County
Population	166,993	156,626
Median age	44.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,156	$74,946
Median home value	$185,500	$236,300
Median gross rent	$867	$1,071
Housing units	79,159	66,787
Homeownership rate	74.5%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver County	Franklin County
Population	165,833 → 166,993 (+0.7%)	154,147 → 156,626 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$57,807 → $70,156 (+21.4%)	$63,379 → $74,946 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $185,500 (+31.5%)	$180,400 → $236,300 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $867 (+24.2%)	$883 → $1,071 (+21.3%)

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

Franklin County

Population

154,147156,626

Median household income

$63,379$74,946

Median home value

$180,400$236,300

Median gross rent

$883$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver County	Franklin County
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.4%
75 and over	9.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver County	Franklin County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver County	Franklin County
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	36.3%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver County	Franklin County
Drove alone	76.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.5%	8.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver County	Franklin County
1-unit, detached	75.8%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	3.9%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Beaver County	Franklin County
Poverty rate	10.1%	7.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1958	1978