Beaver is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 4,352 people and five associated neighborhoods, Beaver is the 343rd largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Beaver was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Beaver is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 85.21% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Beaver is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beaver who work in sales jobs (11.55%), office and administrative support (11.37%), and management occupations (11.00%). Of important note, Beaver is also a borough of artists. Beaver has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Beaver’s character. Also of interest is that Beaver has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 19.18% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small borough, Beaver does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Beaver ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Beaver, 49.42% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Beaver in 2022 was $44,800, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $179,200 for a family of four. The people who call Beaver home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beaver residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Beaver include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Beaver is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
