Beaver County vs Lackawanna County

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

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

Lackawanna County has the higher population (215,834 vs 166,993 in Beaver County). Beaver County has the higher median household income ($70,156 vs $64,691 in Lackawanna County). Lackawanna County has the higher median home value ($189,900 vs $185,500 in Beaver County).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver County	Lackawanna County
Population	166,993	215,834
Median age	44.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,156	$64,691
Median home value	$185,500	$189,900
Median gross rent	$867	$973
Housing units	79,159	100,013
Homeownership rate	74.5%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver County	Lackawanna County
Population	165,833 → 166,993 (+0.7%)	210,652 → 215,834 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$57,807 → $70,156 (+21.4%)	$52,821 → $64,691 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $185,500 (+31.5%)	$152,400 → $189,900 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $867 (+24.2%)	$792 → $973 (+22.9%)

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

Lackawanna County

Population

210,652215,834

Median household income

$52,821$64,691

Median home value

$152,400$189,900

Median gross rent

$792$973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver County	Lackawanna County
Under 5	4.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.7%
75 and over	9.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver County	Lackawanna County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	81.1%
Black or African American	6.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver County	Lackawanna County
No high school diploma	4.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver County	Lackawanna County
Drove alone	76.4%	75.9%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.6%
Public transit	1.3%	0.8%
Walked	2.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.5%	9.5%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver County	Lackawanna County
1-unit, detached	75.8%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	4.5%
20 or more units	3.5%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Beaver County	Lackawanna County
Poverty rate	10.1%	14.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1958	1955