Beaver is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,775 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Beaver is the 369th largest community in Pennsylvania. Beaver has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Beaver is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Beaver is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beaver who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.29%), sales jobs (13.72%), and management occupations (10.07%).

Beaver is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Beaver Information and Demographics

The population of Beaver is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.70% of adults in Beaver have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Beaver in 2000 was $24,003, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,012 for a family of four.

The people who call Beaver home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Beaver is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Beaver include German, Italian, Irish, English, Scotch-Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Beaver is English.