Photo: Erica Sauder · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Beaver Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 87 jobs in Beaver Township; 198 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Beaver Township itself; outside it, Penn Township draws the most (8%, 14 miles). Home is the office for 23% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Beaver Township
On a workday 198 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Beaver Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where Beaver Township’s working residents head each day
Where Beaver Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Beaver Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver Township, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 87. 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 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 Beaver Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 184 commuters (the 23% 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.
How far Beaver Township goes to work
About 16% 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 Township
The biggest share goes to West Perry Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $68,672 |
| West Perry Township | 3% | C | B− | 31 min | $61,528 |
| Adams Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Spring Township | 3% | D | C | 31 min | $58,558 |
Same-state neighbors only. Adams Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, 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?
$68,672 (±$16,643) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaver Township?
13.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Penn Township (8%, 14 mi), Perry Township (8%, 8 mi), Middleburg (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beaver Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.