New Beaver, Pennsylvania

New Beaver
Borough
Municipal building Municipal building
Location of New Beaver in Lawrence County Location of New Beaver in Lawrence County
New Beaver Location of New Beaver in Pennsylvania
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Lawrence
Established	1797
Government
• Mayor	Michael Swanik
Area
• Total	14.5 sq mi (38 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,502
• Density	100/sq mi (40/km2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	724

New Beaver is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,502 at the 2010 census.

Geography

New Beaver is located at (40.879553, -80.372525).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 14.5 square miles (38 km²), of which 14.5 square miles (38 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²), or 0.28%, is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1970	1,426		—
1980	1,885		32.2%
1990	1,736		−7.9%
2000	1,677		−3.4%
2010	1,502		−10.4%
Est. 2014	1,461		−2.7%
Sources:

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,677 people, 652 households, and 477 families residing in the borough. The population density was 115.9 people per square mile (44.7/km²). There were 696 housing units at an average density of 48.1 per square mile (18.6/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.21% White, 1.43% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.06% from other races, and 0.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.89% of the population.

There were 652 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.6% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $36,333, and the median income for a family was $39,492. Males had a median income of $31,509 versus $21,838 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,893. About 8.5% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.