Borough · Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Beaver, Pennsylvania

Beaver is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh, PA metro area. It has 4,374 residents. Beaver, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 60 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,311 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #545 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on mental health care shortage (low), traffic deaths (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on public EV charging ports (low), new homes permitted (low) and new business applications (low).

60Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,311 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #545 of 997 in PA
Population: 4,374 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 4,775.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4204688

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety52#7,545/15,637
Economy51#7,703/15,631
Housing52#7,256/14,977
Health51#7,716/15,609
Healthcare56#6,899/15,650
Environment46#8,383/15,453
Education84#2,582/15,649
Infrastructure50#7,803/15,650
Community81#2,917/15,651
Leisure & amenities30#10,991/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Beaver, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Beaver County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBeaver County value
Traffic deaths · low6.3 /100k
88/100Pennsylvania 9.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataBeaver County value
Social associations · high14.0 /10k
87/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBeaver County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · high49.8%
84/100Pennsylvania 35.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Pennsylvania 4.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBeaver County value
Poor or fair health · low13.6%
83/100Pennsylvania 17.0%United States 19.9%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Public EV charging ports · low1.2 /10k
13/100Pennsylvania 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyBeaver County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Pennsylvania 2.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
New business applications · low9.0 /1k
15/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauBeaver County value
Primary care physicians · low36 /100k
17/100Pennsylvania 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBeaver County value
Preventable hospital stays · high3,536 /100k
19/100Pennsylvania 3,115 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBeaver County value
Suicide rate · high20.5 /100k
20/100Pennsylvania 14.2 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBeaver County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
15.1% (2015-2019) → 2.8% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.5% (2015-2019) → 91.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$58,750 (2015-2019) → $81,156 (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
44.2% (2015-2019) → 49.8% (2020-2024)
+5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Poverty rateImproving
11.5% (2015-2019) → 6.1% (2020-2024)
−5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
46.5% (2015-2019) → 43.2% (2020-2024)
−3.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Beaver, Pennsylvania improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Poverty−5.4 points11.5% → 6.1%
Household income+38%$58,750 → $81,156
Broadband+11 points80.5% → 91.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Beaver, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.5 min2015-2019	23.7 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%2015-2019	49.8%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Broadband subscriptions	80.5%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	66%
Effective property tax rate	1.41%2015-2019	1.45%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	10%
High school diploma or higher	97.4%2015-2019	96.3%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4442015-2019	0.4192020-2024	−0.025	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$58,7502015-2019	$81,1562020-2024	+38%	Improved	71%
Poverty rate	11.5%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Improved	82%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	26.9%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent-burdened households	46.5%2015-2019	43.2%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Unemployment rate	5.7%2015-2019	7.2%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	1.7%2015-2019	4.5%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	20%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Beaver, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Beaver, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Beaver, Pennsylvania itself moved +7.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,374 residents (±19)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,271 households (±123)

Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k15%†332
$25k–50k17%†380
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,271 households (±123)

Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own66%1,498
Rent34%773

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,213 workers (±215)

Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone62%1,383
Carpool5.9%†131
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Pittsburgh, PA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Beaver County, the county holding most of Beaver's residents.

Beaver County has 3,327 employer establishments, 201 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Pennsylvania's), with 46,532 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,817. The Census Bureau also counts 10,104 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,327; 10,104 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 201; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 46,532
Average annual pay: $51,817; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Beaver County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	275	16.6	0.80×Fewer than typical	2,944	$72,818	421
Specialty trade contractors	240	14.5	0.94×About typical	1,492	$63,114	933
Restaurants and other eating places	227	13.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	4,143	$17,102	62
Religious organizations	140	8.5	1.52×More than typical	953	$24,352	—
Construction of buildings	117	7.1	0.93×About typical	512	$54,029	325
Services to buildings and dwellings	113	6.8	1.01×About typical	490	$43,178	633
Limited-service restaurants	106	6.4	0.80×Fewer than typical	1,782	$15,994	34
Offices of physicians	101	6.1	0.94×About typical	1,238	$109,219	57
Building equipment contractors	94	5.7	0.94×About typical	654	$64,295	176
Full-service restaurants	91	5.5	0.72×Fewer than typical	2,064	$17,822	18
Automotive repair and maintenance	90	5.4	1.08×About typical	429	$41,876	173
Offices of other health practitioners	80	4.8	0.79×Fewer than typical	826	$47,161	211

Rank places for an industry Open Beaver County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 165,680 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$5,101 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Beaver, Pennsylvania: -$1.17 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$5,101
Per resident: -$1.17; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$3400.0%

Top recipients

TELLEGO SUPPLY INC$3400.0%
RESILIENCE ACTION PARTNERS-$5,4410.0%

Spending by fiscal year

44.6KFY2017
-3.6KFY2018
-2.2KFY2019
5.1KFY2020
1.3MFY2021
34.8KFY2022
1.6MFY2023
1.5MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$2660.0%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$29.470.0%
Spring and wire product manufacturing · 3326$19.740.0%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$15.560.0%
Forging and stamping · 3321$10.140.0%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Beaver, Pennsylvania, so they do not add up across cities.

Beaver, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Beaver County, PA ($89.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Beaver is mostly in Beaver County.

See federal money in Beaver County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Beaver, Pennsylvania is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Christopher R. DeluzioD-PA-17 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Beaver County77100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Pittsburgh, PA84

Other cities and towns in Beaver County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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