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Jobs & commute in Beavertown

Beavertown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

Hardly any work in Beavertown; the top destination outside it is Martinsburg (19%, 6 miles). There are 3 jobs in Beavertown for 16 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Beavertown on a workday afternoon

On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

16live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night10
Workday0
10live here− 16head out to work+ 3come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Beavertown on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.19jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where people from Beavertown work

Obetz: 1 residents work here (6%)Saxton: 1 residents work here (6%)HastingsMartinsburg: 3 residents work here (19%)Roaring Spring: 2 residents work here (13%)Burnham: 1 residents work here (6%)Hollidaysburg: 1 residents work here (6%)Altoona: 1 residents work here (6%)North Woodbury Township: 1 residents work here (6%)Huston Township: 1 residents work here (6%)North Londonderry Township: 1 residents work here (6%)Elder TownshipFrankstown TownshipBeavertownMartinsburgRoaring SpringObetzSaxtonBurnhamHollidaysburgBeavertown
1
Martinsburg6.3 mi away
19%3
2
Roaring Spring8.8 mi away
13%2
3
Obetz, OH251.2 mi away
6%1
4
Saxton11.1 mi away
6%1
5
Burnham39.7 mi away
6%1
6
Hollidaysburg9.1 mi away
6%1
7
Altoona12.7 mi away
6%1
9
Huston Township1.8 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%3
The top trips

Where Beavertown clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

In Beavertown, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in BeavertownJobs Beavertown residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%25%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices100%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%19%
Over $3,333 a month0%56%

Who does it

29 or younger0%19%
30 to 540%25%
55 and older100%56%

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 Beavertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Beavertown

Working from home
0%

of Beavertown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Beavertown gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 5 commuters (the 0% 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

Where in the region Beavertown works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMartinsburg: 19% · 6.3 miRoaring Spring: 13% · 8.8 miObetz: 6% · 251.2 miSaxton: 6% · 11.1 miBurnham: 6% · 39.7 miHollidaysburg: 6% · 9.1 miAltoona: 6% · 12.7 miNorth Woodbury Township: 6% · 6.9 miHuston Township: 6% · 1.8 miNorth Londonderry Township: 6% · 87.5 miMartinsburg 19%Roaring Spring 13%Saxton 6%Burnham 6%Beavertown
BeavertownTop destinations (size = commuters)
56%Under 10 mi9 residents
13%10–24 mi2 residents
6%25–50 mi1 residents
25%Over 50 mi4 residents

About 25% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Beavertown: questions

What is the poverty rate in Beavertown?

0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Beavertown work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Martinsburg (19%, 6 mi), Roaring Spring (13%, 9 mi), Obetz (6%, 251 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Beavertown without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Beavertown, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Beavertown

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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.