With 8,850 people, Beaver Falls is a city in Pennsylvania. This skews young, with a median age of 32.6. The typical home is worth $92,100, having more than doubled since 2000. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 22% of adults. That trails the Pennsylvania median by roughly 36%. The foreign-born share is 2%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,924, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 32.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Beaver Falls
What changed most since 1990
Median age34.6 → 32.6(−2.0 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Population10,687 → 8,850(−17%)US over the same years: +35%
Median home value (2024 dollars)$71,762 → $92,100(+28%)US over the same years: +67%
Beaver Falls's population equals 5.3% of Beaver County's. Its number of households without a car equals 10% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 11% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18%(75)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)33.9%(141)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era46.9%(195)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0.7%(3)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 416 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Beaver Falls, decade by decade
Beaver Falls population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
10,687
$34,616
$71,762
9.0%
37.7
2000
9,920
$47,990
$83,250
12.9%
44.7
2010
8,987
$44,099
$95,521
13.0%
50.3
2020
9,005
$43,574
$89,206
19.5%
64.0
2024
8,850
$49,924
$92,100
22.4%
62.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
