A typical Beaver home is worth roughly $156,000
No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Beaver?
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A typical home costs 2.5 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Beaver home, with $92K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $40 more than owning.
How Beaver ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Beaver’s typical property tax (0.93% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $980
Renters already here pay a median of $772, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Clarion County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Beaver in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (2 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Beaver gained 72 residents while 24 new homes were permitted: about 3 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. Across Pennsylvania: 1.4 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $660,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $301,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $40,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $40,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $454,000 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $65,000 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $894,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $140,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $140,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $140,000 |
| 2004 | 21 | 13 | 8 | $1.7 million |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $162,000 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $849,000 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $461,000 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $551,000 |
How Beaver ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
78% of Beaver households own their home
Half of Beaver’s homes were built before 1972.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Beaver vs. its neighbors
Beaver is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.