Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Beaver
The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, where Ohio has 23 and the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 3% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Hardly any stay in Beaver for work; outside it, Waverly is the main destination (14%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Beaver on a workday
On a workday 158 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 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.
Where Beaver goes to work
Where Beaver clocks in
14% 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.
Most jobs in Beaver are in services
152 jobs are based in Beaver.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 152. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Beaver spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaver workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 175 commuters (the 3% 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 it is to work from Beaver
About 32% 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.
Work in the towns next to Beaver
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaver workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver | – | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Beaver Township | under 4% | D | C− | 20 min | $50,911 |
| Marion Township | under 4% | D− | D | 36 min | $35,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beaver’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: questions
What is the poverty rate in Beaver?
28.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waverly (14%, 11 mi), Columbus (6%, 66 mi), Scioto Township (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beaver without a car?
0% 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaver
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.