Beaver County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (167,784 vs 166,993 in Beaver County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($82,374 vs $70,156 in Beaver County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($241,200 vs $185,500 in Beaver County).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver County	Monroe County
Population	166,993	167,784
Median age	44.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,156	$82,374
Median home value	$185,500	$241,200
Median gross rent	$867	$1,347
Housing units	79,159	79,458
Homeownership rate	74.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver County	Monroe County
Population	165,833 → 166,993 (+0.7%)	168,032 → 167,784 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$57,807 → $70,156 (+21.4%)	$63,934 → $82,374 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$141,100 → $185,500 (+31.5%)	$168,000 → $241,200 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $867 (+24.2%)	$1,108 → $1,347 (+21.6%)

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

Monroe County

Population

168,032167,784

Median household income

$63,934$82,374

Median home value

$168,000$241,200

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver County	Monroe County
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.9%
75 and over	9.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	61.2%
Black or African American	6.1%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	36.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver County	Monroe County
Drove alone	76.4%	74.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.9%
Public transit	1.3%	3.3%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.5%	9.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	75.8%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Beaver County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	10.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	26	39
Median year structure built	1958	1984