165,540 people (2024 Census estimate, −1.4% since 2020)
435 square miles of land · 381 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
30 active community water systems list Beaver County in the area they serve, reporting 165,795 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BEAVER FALLS MUNI AUTH surface water · local government · PA5040012 | 49,500 served |
| AMBRIDGE WATER AUTH surface water · local government · PA5040008 | 19,500 served |
| CENTER TWP WATER AUTH surface water · local government · PA5040007 | 19,000 served |
| MUN WATER AUTH OF ALIQUIPPA groundwater · local government · PA5040006 | 15,685 served |
| CRESWELL HEIGHTS JT AUTH groundwater · local government · PA5040063 | 15,000 served |
| BRIGHTON TWP MUNI AUTH buys groundwater · local government · PA5040017 | 7,920 served |
| MONACA BORO WATER DEPT groundwater · local government · PA5040039 | 6,500 served |
| BEAVER BORO MUNI AUTH groundwater · local government · PA5040009 | 5,799 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 234 people were held in Beaver County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 231 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 297.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
14 school districts have their office in Beaver County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $40.6 million — $37.6 million to run schools, about $16,175 per student, plus $667,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $22 million local (mostly property tax), $19.1 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $37.5 million.
Spent $47.3 million — $42.2 million to run schools, about $18,706 per student, plus $303,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $27.8 million local (mostly property tax), $23 million state, $5.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $58.1 million.
Spent $50.2 million — $45.3 million to run schools, about $20,541 per student, plus $2.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $23.5 million local (mostly property tax), $17.4 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $57.5 million.
Spent $46 million — $41.6 million to run schools, about $20,169 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24.3 million local (mostly property tax), $21.2 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.3 million.
Spent $46.9 million — $33.1 million to run schools, about $16,765 per student, plus $11.4 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $26 million local (mostly property tax), $13.4 million state, $2 million federal. Long-term debt: $47.9 million.
Spent $34.7 million — $29.5 million to run schools, about $17,715 per student, plus $711,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $9.1 million local (mostly property tax), $23.2 million state, $6.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.5 million.
Spent $25.7 million — $24.3 million to run schools, about $17,213 per student, plus $610,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11.2 million local (mostly property tax), $14.8 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.1 million.
Spent $32.1 million — $29.9 million to run schools, about $22,916 per student, plus $847,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $8.9 million local (mostly property tax), $19.3 million state, $5.9 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.7 million.
And 6 more.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Beaver County about $35.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
296 bridges in Beaver County: 122 in good condition, 146 fair, and 28 poor (9.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| PA TPK (I-76) over SR 1001 BEAVER RIV RR · built 1952 | 22,663 vehicles a day |
| BEAVER VALLEY EX over BUNKER HILL ROAD · built 1969 | 16,163 vehicles a day |
| BEAVER VALLEY EXPY over BUNKER HILL ROAD · built 1969 | 15,435 vehicles a day |
| BEAVER VALLEY EX over SR 3016-GREEN GARDEN RD · built 1969 | 14,186 vehicles a day |
| CONSTITUTION BL over ELKHORN RUN · built 1930 | 9,739 vehicles a day |
| FALLSTON BR over BEAVER RIVER · built 1884 | 6,523 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $49.1 million of work in Beaver County in fiscal 2025, about $292 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Pennsylvania are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Beaver County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Beaver County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Hancock County, WV (16 mi) · Lawrence County (21 mi) · Columbiana County, OH (23 mi) · Allegheny County (24 mi) · Butler County (28 mi) · Jefferson County, OH (29 mi).