Population: 968. Estimated population in July 2020: 963 (-0.5% change)
Males: 485 (50.1%), Females: 483 (49.9%)
Carbon County
Zip code: 18216
Median resident age: 39.9 years
Median household income: $31,058
Median house value: $56,900
Races in Beaver Meadows:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.3%)
- Hispanic (1.2%)
Ancestries: Slovak (20.9%), German (13.2%), Polish (12.3%), Italian (11.1%), Irish (10.5%), Czech (5.2%).
Elevation: 1559 feet
Land area: 0.3 square miles
Population
For population 25 years and over in Beaver Meadows
- High school or higher: 83.3%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 6.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
- Unemployed: 5.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.4 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Beaver Meadows borough
- Never married: 32.1%
- Now married: 45.5%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 12.1%
- Divorced: 9.0%
0.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -32 (-3.2%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Beaver Meadows:
- HAZLETON GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; HAZLETON, PA)
- HAZLETON-ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER (about 6 miles; HAZLETON, PA)
- ST LUKE’S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; COALDALE, PA)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Beaver Meadows:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 31 miles; WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; Abbreviation: AVP)
- LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 39 miles; ALLENTOWN, PA; Abbreviation: ABE)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 39 miles; READING, PA; Abbreviation: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Beaver Meadows:
- HAZLETON MUNI (about 7 miles; HAZLETON, PA; Abbreviation: HZL)
- JAKE ARNER MEMORIAL (about 15 miles; LEHIGHTON, PA; Abbreviation: 22N)
- FLYING M AERODROME (about 20 miles; GERMANSVILLE, PA; Abbreviation: P91)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Beaver Meadows:
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles; NANTICOKE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,582)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,438)
- LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,145)
- KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 29 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; Full-time enrollment: 7,101)
- MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 36 miles; Allentown, PA; Full-time enrollment: 2,334)
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 37 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 38 miles; SCRANTON, PA; Full-time enrollment: 4,093)