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Beaver MeadowsPA

A town of 730, settled in 1897. A typical home worth about $184K.

Population
730
+3.2% since 2010
Typical home
$184K
+3.5% in a year
Household income
$53K
median
Median age
48.4
years
Jobs based here
60
A commuter town

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Small town

730 people, and everyone knows the way

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59°
Cloudy
H 68° · L 51°

Upcoming events

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Natural hazards

Very low risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 17% of U.S. communities.

17risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
17Very low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold wavesHeat waves
2
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Housing

A typical Beaver Meadows home is worth about $184K

The typical Beaver Meadows home is worth about $184,000, up 3.5% in a year, 37% below the Pennsylvania typical home.

$184KZillow home value

Typical home value

Beaver Meadows$184K
Pennsylvania$290K
+3.5%
value change, 1 year
1
homes sold in April
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Beaver Meadows

Most working residents leave Beaver Meadows for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hazle (19%), Hazleton (8%) and West Hazleton (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

1%work in town

Where working residents work

In Beaver Meadows1%
Hazle19%
Hazleton8%
West Hazleton6%
Banks4%
10 mi
median commute distance
60
jobs based in Beaver Meadows
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Snowy winters, pleasant summers

Beaver Meadows has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 80°, a January night drops to 16°, and about 42 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

42″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter19–35°
Spring35–56°
Summer57–77°
Fall40–59°
Oct 22
typical first frost
Apr 30
typical last frost
+1.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Safety

Crime reported in Beaver Meadows

No violent or property crimes were reported in Beaver Meadows in 2024. In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so rates aren't shown.

Beaver Meadows is small, so we show counts rather than rates.

0
violent crimes reported in 2024
0
property crimes reported in 2024
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to policeFull safety report →
Health

How healthy Beaver Meadows is

Beaver Meadows tracks Pennsylvania closely on all 5 CDC measures.

5 measures vs. Pennsylvania
0 better5 too close to call0 worse
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Hazleton
3 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors

0.7% of Beaver Meadows is conserved land

0.1 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0.7%conserved
Map of Beaver Meadows: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below
0.7%
conserved · 1 of 163 acres
0.1 mi
of trails · 0.3 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Beaver Meadows Park—1
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Beaver Meadows for work

Where Beaver Meadows’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

19% → Hazle Hazle 19% 8% → Hazleton Hazleton 8% 6% → West Hazleton West Hazleton 6% 4% → Banks Banks 4% 3% → Philadelphia Philadelphia 3% 3% → Wright Wright 3% Beaver Meadows · 1% stay
60jobs based in Beaver Meadows
1%of working residents work in town
10 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

Beaver Meadows PA Gazebo
2016 · Beaver Meadows PA Gazebo · Wikimedia Commons
Beaver Meadows’s story

129 years in pictures

4 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives.

SS Peter and Paul Byzantine CatholicUSPO Beaver Meadows PA 18216Beaver Meadows, PA Borough Hall, June 2025
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Famous people from Beaver Meadows

3 notable people were born in Beaver Meadows.

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About Beaver Meadows

Borough in Pennsylvania, US

Beaver Meadows is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 897 at the 2020 U.S. census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Established
1897
Population
897
Area
0.3 sq mi
Elevation
1,598 ft
ZIP code
18216

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