Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Big Beaver’s subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and incomes; the weakest is a C for schools. Big Beaver’s median age is 55.4 years, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (43.2 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). The biggest park or preserve is Big Beaver Borough Community Park, at 120 acres. Big Beaver has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Big Beaver beats most towns.
Where Big Beaver’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Big Beaver is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,381 in 1960, a peak of 2,815 in 1980, 1,852 in 2020. The archive holds 13 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 5 maps from 1902 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Big Beaver, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Big Beaver.
Most working residents leave Big Beaver for work: only 6% work in town. At 30 minutes, Big Beaver’s average trip to work is above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Big Beaver has added 801 jobs, to 1,346 in 2023.
| Big Beaver | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by Big Beaver Falls Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Beaver El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 301 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Big Beaver.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Big Beaver has chilly winters and pleasant summers. Big Beaver’s July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 26% of residents (20% statewide); children under 18 are 14% of residents (21% statewide). Big Beaver has lost 2.1% of its people since 2020, down to 1,822 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Big Beaver | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 14% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 21% | 18% |
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.1 points). Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Big Beaver | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.8% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.6% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.6% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24.7% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 42.2% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.7% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.7% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.1% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
Big Beaver beats the Pennsylvania average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 39% of Big Beaver adults have high blood pressure.
| Big Beaver | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Big Beaver | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.4% | 14.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 82.7% | 79.2% |
| More adults with arthritis | 38.3% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Big Beaver is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Big Beaver | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.1% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Big Beaver Borough Community Park | — | 120 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 148 | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
95% of households own their home in Big Beaver.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Big Beaver. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaAcrisure Stadium
32 mi LandmarkFort Duquesne
32 mi Stadium & arenaPNC Park
40 mi Theme parkKennywood
33 mi Stadium & arenaPPG Paints Arena
32 mi LandmarkFort PittAcrisure Stadium: Fo2grfr, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Duquesne: Sébastien Paquin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PNC Park: alpineinc, CC BY 2.0 · Kennywood: Ski2007 of English Wikipedia, Public domain · PPG Paints Arena: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Pitt: Downtown_Pittsburgh_May_2008.jpg: Allie Caufield derivative work: GrapedApe (tal, CC BY 2.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Big Beaver
About 5 of every 100 Big Beaver residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Big Beaver is a borough in northern Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,852 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The area was originally incorporated as Big Beaver Township in 1802, and was reincorporated as a borough in 1958.
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7 towns share a border with Big Beaver.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Beaver | — | — | B+ | — | C | C+ |
| Chippewa Township | #567 | B | B− | C+ | B+ | C+ |
| North Sewickley Township | #165 | A | A− | A | A− | B− |
| Koppel | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Beaver Falls | #816 | C+ | A | B− | C | D |
| New Beaver | — | — | A+ | — | A− | C− |
| West Mayfield | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C |
| Darlington Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | B− |
Big Beaver, New Beaver, West Mayfield and Darlington Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Big Beaver, New Beaver, West Mayfield and Darlington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Koppel isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Big Beaver with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $186,000, 35% below the Pennsylvania typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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