Photo: Roseohioresident · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Beaver Township have higher incomes than those in 74% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Beaver Township; the top destination outside it is Boardman Township (15%, 5 miles). The poverty rate is 8.3%; Ohio has 13.3%. For jobs and income Beaver Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Beaver Township: the figures worth knowing
The figures behind Beaver Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Beaver Township’s grade up ($96,505, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beaver Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where Beaver Township goes to work
Where Beaver Township clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Beaver Township
On a workday 2,422 residents head out to work, 274 work right here, and 3,116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Beaver Township on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 3,390 jobs in Beaver Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,822 → 3,390. 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 Beaver Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Beaver Township spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaver Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,486 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Beaver Township’s workers travel
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Beaver Township commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,868 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Beaver Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Beaver Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Beaver Township places 1,279th of 3,283 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Pepper Pike OH | 6,886 | $228K | 1.8% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,277 | Lancaster Township IN | 6,234 | $77K | 8.7% | 1.7% | 16% | B+ |
| 1,278 | Porter NY | 6,448 | $78K | 7.0% | 2.9% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,279 | Beaver Township OH | 6,601 | $97K | 8.3% | 4.7% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,280 | Warren ME | 5,099 | $75K | 6.0% | 0.6% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,281 | Homer NY | 6,077 | $74K | 6.3% | 2.1% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | 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 Beaver Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Beaver Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Columbiana (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Township | – | B+ | C+ | 21 min | $96,505 |
| Fairfield Township | under 3% | — | D | 17 min | — |
| Columbiana | 4% | B | B− | 19 min | $54,688 |
| Green Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 22 min | $97,656 |
| Springfield Township | under 3% | B− | C | 27 min | $62,348 |
| Fairfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Salem Township | under 3% | C+ | C− | 23 min | $60,714 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairfield Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beaver Township’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 Beaver Township: questions
What is the median household income in Beaver Township?
$96,505 (±$19,330) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaver Township?
8.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boardman Township (15%, 5 mi), Youngstown (9%, 10 mi), Columbiana (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beaver Township walkable?
Beaver Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beaver Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beaver Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaver Township
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.