Beaver Meadows - Carbon county

Population 968

Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania

Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania is 31 miles NW of Allentown, Pennsylvania and 78 miles NW of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is in Carbon county. The town is part of the Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton metro area. The population of Beaver Meadows is 968.

The People and Families of Beaver Meadows

In Beaver Meadows, about 49% of adults are married. There are a lot of singles in Beaver Meadows.

Seniors are common in the town.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Beaver Meadows had a median family income of $42,500.

Beaver Meadows Housing

Of the housing in Beaver Meadows, approximately 75% is occupied by their owners. The average age of homes in the town is noticeably higher than in other similarly-sized communities.

Commuting

In Beaver Meadows, 89% of commuters drive to work.

Beaver Meadows Population (2000)

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	968	100%
Male	485	50.1%
Female	483	49.9%
Under 18	216	22.3%
18+	752	77.7%
65+	215	22.2%
Median Age	39.9
Average Family Size	3.04
White	962	99.4%
African-American	0	0%
Asian	2	0.2%
American Indian & Alaskan	1	0.1%
Other	2	0.2%
Mixed Race	1	0.1%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	12	1.2%
Median Family Income (1999)	$42,500
Population In Poverty	74	7.6%

Beaver Meadows Ancestry

Ancestry	Percent
Slovak	21.5%
Irish	11.1%
German	10.3%
Polish	10%
Italian	9.7%
US/American	6.4%
Austrian	3.7%
Greek	3.6%
Ukrainian	3.3%
Lithuanian	3%
Russian	2.7%
Czechoslovakian	2.6%
Slavic	1.9%
Dutch	1.7%
Hungarian	1.5%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	1.4%
Czech	1.3%
English	1.2%
Welsh	1.2%
Pennsylvania German	1%
Carpatho Rusyn	0.5%
Eastern European	0.4%