Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Beaver Township earn less than those in 68% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Beaver Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C). Poverty touches 8.5% of residents (Pennsylvania 11.7%). At home: 9% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Inside Beaver Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Beaver Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Beaver Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Beaver Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Beaver Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 691 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 414 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Beaver Township on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
10% of working residents work in Paint Township
Where Beaver Township clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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 kinds of work in Beaver Township
471 jobs are based in Beaver Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver Township, 2013 → 2023: 399 → 471. 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.
Beaver Township’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaver Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 616 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Beaver Township
About 23% 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.
For most of Beaver Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 678 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). 3.7% of Beaver Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beaver Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400, Beaver Township ranks 3,800th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 38 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Eagle Township OH | 1,353 | $90K | 19.3% | 6.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,799 | Killbuck Township OH | 1,924 | $66K | 9.6% | 6.4% | 7% | C |
| 3,800 | Beaver Township PA | 1,782 | $64K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 8% | C |
| 3,801 | Conyngham Township PA | 1,336 | $60K | 12.6% | 3.0% | <1% | C |
| 3,802 | Arroyo Seco NM | 2,112 | $62K | 9.0% | 4.5% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Pennsylvania.
10% of Beaver Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Township | – | C | C | 27 min | $63,594 |
| Piney Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Licking Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Elk Township | under 2% | C− | D | 28 min | $55,402 |
| Ashland Township | under 2% | C− | B− | 25 min | $79,205 |
| Salem Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Paint Township | 10% | C+ | B+ | 21 min | $62,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Piney Township, Licking Township and Salem Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Paint Township. 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?
$63,594 (±$10,674) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaver Township?
8.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paint Township (10%, 7 mi), Knox (8%, 2 mi), Cranberry Township (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beaver Township walkable?
Beaver Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beaver Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.