Borough · Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania

Big Beaver is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh, PA metro area. It has 1,843 residents. Big Beaver, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 51 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,599 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #699 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), mental health care shortage (low) and traffic deaths (low). It ranks worst on public EV charging ports (low), new business applications (low) and adult smoking (high).

51Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,599 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #699 of 997 in PA
Population: 1,843 (2020-2024)
Land area: 18 mi²
Density: 103.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4206240

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
Economy48#8,196/15,631
Housing67#5,001/14,977
Health32#10,686/15,609
Healthcare57#6,721/15,650
Environment46#8,383/15,453
Education75#3,896/15,649
Infrastructure19#12,667/15,650
Community81#2,917/15,651
Leisure & amenities30#10,991/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Big 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

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.336
96/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
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
High school diploma or higher · high95.6%
88/100Pennsylvania 92.1%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Social associations · high14.0 /10k
87/100Pennsylvania 11.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBeaver County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Pennsylvania 4.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBeaver County value

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 business applications · low9.0 /1k
15/100Pennsylvania 12.4 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauBeaver County value
Adult smoking · high19.1%
17/100Pennsylvania 15.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
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
Unemployment rate · high7.4%
20/100Pennsylvania 4.3%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.6% (2015-2019) → 89.4% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
23.9 min (2015-2019) → 29.5 min (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Child poverty rateWorsening
1.6% (2015-2019) → 5.4% (2020-2024)
+3.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 2.6× (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
27.3% (2015-2019) → 24.1% (2020-2024)
−3.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
24.4% (2015-2019) → 27.0% (2020-2024)
+2.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Big Beaver, Pennsylvania improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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.

Improved1

Broadband+8.8 points80.6% → 89.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Big Beaver, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.9 min2015-2019	29.5 min2020-2024	+5.7 min	Within the margin of error	8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%2015-2019	27.0%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Broadband subscriptions	80.6%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Improved	53%
Effective property tax rate	1.75%2015-2019	1.35%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	85%
High school diploma or higher	94.9%2015-2019	95.6%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3672015-2019	0.3362020-2024	−0.031	Within the margin of error	75%
Median household income	$64,0972015-2019	$71,6782020-2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	19%
Poverty rate	3.8%2015-2019	6.0%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	19.8%2015-2019	19.3%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Unemployment rate	8.3%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%

“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 Big Beaver, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Big 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, Big Beaver, Pennsylvania itself moved −4.6 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,843 residents (±227)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,843 residents (±227)

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White92%1,698
Black0.2%†4
Hispanic or Latino0.5%†10

Education

1,428 residents (±183)

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma4.4%†63
High school or GED42%603
Some college16%†224

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

735 households (±86)

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k11%†81
$25k–50k15%110
$50k–75k26%†194
$75k–100k18%134
$100k–150k19%†142
$150k–200k5.4%†40
$200k or more4.6%†34

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−12.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

735 households (±86)

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own95%701
Rent4.6%†34

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−5.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

29 households (±22)

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75034%†10
$750–1,00021%†6
$1,000–1,50045%†

Home values

701 homes (±82)

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k35%248
$150k–250k42%296
$250k–400k22%†151

Age of homes

748 homes (±85)

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later3.6%†27
2000–20099.0%†67
1980–199912%†

Size of homes

748 homes (±85)

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio1.3%†10
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms22%164

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

806 workers (±138)

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone79%633
Carpool6.7%†54
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.7%†6
Bike0.0%0
Work from home14%†113
Other0.0%0

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

693 workers (±100)

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min12%†82
15–29 min38%262
30–44 min22%154

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Big 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 $22.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Big Beaver, Pennsylvania: $12.41 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $22.9K; −62% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12.41; US $1,994
Sole-source: 93%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$21.4K93%
Department of the Air Force$1,4906.5%

Top recipients

GUARDIAN ELDER CARE AT BEAVER FALLS LLC$21.4K93%
MILKIE LAWN & GARDEN SERVICE INC$1,4906.5%

Spending by fiscal year

25.9KFY2017
119.9KFY2018
136.3KFY2019
58.4KFY2020
16.5KFY2021
2.8KFY2022
92.4KFY2023
2.3KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$21.4K93%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$1,4906.5%

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 Big Beaver, Pennsylvania, so they do not add up across cities.

Big 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: Big 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.

Big 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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