Pennsylvania · Census place 4206240

Big Beaver, Pennsylvania

Big Beaver is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,832 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 448th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,832
#448 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-37 people
Land area
17.8 sq mi
+ 0.23 sq mi water
Density
103 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Big Beaver. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Big Beaver population, 2020 to 2024

Big Beaver lost 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

1,86920201,85720211,83920221,83720231,8322024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,874. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Big Beaver covers 17.79 square miles of land and 0.23 of water, for 103 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Big Beaver is less dense than the typical town.

What county Big Beaver is in

All of Big Beaver's residents live in Beaver County, which had 165,540 residents in 2024. Big Beaver holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Big Beaver

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Big Beaver by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15010, 16115, 16136, 16141, 16157. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Big Beaver is

The Census internal point of Big Beaver is at 40.822600, -80.357700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 186.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Beaver Falls, PA (8,757 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 33.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.822600, -80.357700
DMS
40°49'21.36"N 80°21'27.72"W
UTM
17N 554163.2E 4519262.8N
Geohash
dpqb5rt2c
Plus code
86GXRJFR+2W

Daylight in Big Beaver

At 40.82° N, Big Beaver gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Big Beaver

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is West Mayfield, 3.1 miles away, with 1,165 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Big Beaver, PA?

1,832 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 37 (2.0%) from 1,869 in July 2020.

What county is Big Beaver in?

Beaver County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Big Beaver?

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 15010, 16115, 16136, 16141, 16157.

How far is Big Beaver from Harrisburg?

186.4 miles (300.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Big Beaver.

What is the nearest larger city to Big Beaver?

Beaver Falls, PA, with 8,757 residents, 4.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.