Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Beacon Falls has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns. There are 976 jobs in Beacon Falls; 3,136 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Beacon Falls are A for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Beacon Falls, in a few figures
No single place dominates Beacon Falls’ commute
The biggest draw, Waterbury, gets only 7% of working residents, and 57% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Beacon Falls residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Beacon Falls makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Beacon Falls are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Beacon Falls residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Beacon Falls workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Beacon Falls has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Beacon Falls went from 692 in 2013 to 976 in 2023, +41%. The jobs ↓
Beacon Falls empties out on a workday
About 4,100 people are in Beacon Falls on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than the 6,300 who live here: 3,000 head out to work and 870 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Beacon Falls
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Beacon Falls is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #52 of 155 in Connecticut. The poverty rate holds Beacon Falls’ grade up (2.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beacon Falls could be anywhere from B to A+.
7% of working residents work in Waterbury
Where Beacon Falls clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Beacon Falls
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beacon Falls, 2013 → 2023: 692 → 976. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beacon Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes to work from Beacon Falls
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beacon Falls workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,538 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Beacon Falls for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,025 residents head out to work, 111 work right here, and 865 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Beacon Falls on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Beacon Falls
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Beacon Falls commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beacon Falls is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #122 of 155 in Connecticut. Both inputs place Beacon Falls near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,184 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 19% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.6% of Beacon Falls households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Beacon Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
Beacon Falls is 496th of 3,349 U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bethany CT | 5,339 | $166K | 2.3% | 1.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | East Granby CT | 5,432 | $121K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Bolton CT | 4,875 | $126K | 7.2% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 494 | New Prague MN | 8,238 | $95K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 17% | A |
| 495 | Greenbrier TN | 7,170 | $85K | 6.0% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| 496 | Beacon Falls CT | 6,307 | $102K | 2.1% | 4.5% | 4% | A |
| 497 | Armada Township MI | 5,384 | $106K | 6.8% | 1.3% | 8% | A |
| 498 | Blendon Township MI | 7,629 | $95K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Beacon Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Around Beacon Falls: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Seymour (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beacon Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Falls | – | A | C | 33 min | $101,516 |
| Naugatuck | under 3% | A− | A− | 33 min | $96,324 |
| Oxford | under 3% | A+ | C− | 30 min | $128,953 |
| Seymour | 4% | A− | B+ | 32 min | $107,708 |
| Bethany | under 3% | A+ | B | 32 min | $166,236 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beacon Falls’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Beacon Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Beacon Falls?
$101,516 (±$41,518) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beacon Falls?
2.1%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beacon Falls?
33 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beacon Falls work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waterbury (7%, 8 mi), New Haven (6%, 11 mi), Shelton (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beacon Falls walkable?
Beacon Falls is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beacon Falls without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beacon Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beacon Falls
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.