Hardly anyone in Beechwood Trails is out of work
For jobs and income Beechwood Trails is among the top U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns. Home is the office for 26% of workers (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Beechwood Trails apart
Beechwood Trails is a place people come home to
There are 114 jobs based in Beechwood Trails, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beechwood Trails has about 1,600 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Beechwood Trails works from home
26% of Beechwood Trails workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Time on the road ↓
One in three of Beechwood Trails works in Columbus
541 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Columbus, 18 miles away. That’s 33 times as many as work in Beechwood Trails itself. The commute map ↓
Beechwood Trails workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
What’s behind Beechwood Trails’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Beechwood Trails is among the top U.S. towns, #19 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beechwood Trails stays A+.
Who leaves Beechwood Trails for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,620 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Beechwood Trails on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.
0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Beechwood Trails: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beechwood Trails workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,183 commuters (the 26% 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.
33% of working residents work in Columbus
Where Beechwood Trails clocks in
33% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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 114 jobs based in Beechwood Trails
114 jobs are based in Beechwood Trails.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beechwood Trails, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 114. 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 Beechwood Trails’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Beechwood Trails to work
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.
In Beechwood Trails, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,600 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Beechwood Trails households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beechwood Trails’ commuters take a bus or train.
Beechwood Trails next to U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200: 56th of 4,562 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Shavano Park TX | 3,861 | $165K | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 55 | Brookmont MD | 3,671 | $247K | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 56 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 57 | Barton Creek TX | 3,440 | $204K | 3.0% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| 58 | Minneha Township KS | 3,472 | $143K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Beechwood Trails, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Beechwood Trails
The biggest share goes to Pataskala (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beechwood Trails workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beechwood Trails | – | A+ | D | 29 min | $110,887 |
| Pataskala | 5% | A− | C+ | 27 min | $92,033 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beechwood Trails’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 Beechwood Trails: questions
What is the median household income in Beechwood Trails?
$110,887 (±$17,252) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beechwood Trails?
1.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beechwood Trails?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beechwood Trails work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (33%, 18 mi), Pataskala (5%, 4 mi), New Albany (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beechwood Trails walkable?
Beechwood Trails is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beechwood Trails without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beechwood Trails, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beechwood Trails
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.