With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Beccaria Township works elsewhere
Only 5% stay in Beccaria Township for work; outside it, Altoona is the main destination (10%, 19 miles). 147 jobs are based in Beccaria Township, against 705 working residents. Beccaria Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Beccaria Township: the figures worth knowing
Beccaria Township is a place people come home to
There are 147 jobs based in Beccaria Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beccaria Township has about 1,200 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Beccaria Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 84 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; with 705 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Beccaria Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Beccaria Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Beccaria Township’s grade up (13.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (11.1%) is left out: Beccaria Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Beccaria Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
The daily flow of workers through Beccaria Township
On a workday 671 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Beccaria Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Commuting from Beccaria Township: about 37 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beccaria Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 628 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.
Commuting out of Beccaria Township: the destinations
Where Beccaria Township clocks in
10% of workers
3% 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.
What Beccaria Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beccaria Township, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 147. 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 Beccaria Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Beccaria Township
About 22% 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.
In Beccaria Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beccaria Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Beccaria Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 689 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). 3.9% of Beccaria Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beccaria Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Beccaria Township places 4,672nd of 6,085 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,670 | Rome Township OH | 1,230 | $55K | 10.8% | 12.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,671 | Sheshequin Township PA | 1,284 | $62K | 16.3% | 4.9% | 1% | C− |
| 4,672 | Beccaria Township PA | 1,741 | $60K | 13.6% | 11.1% | 5% | C− |
| 4,673 | Joseph City AZ | 2,153 | $75K | 17.1% | 7.8% | 11% | C− |
| 4,674 | Redwood Valley CA | 1,898 | $64K | 17.3% | 13.7% | 3% | 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 Beccaria Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Beccaria Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beccaria Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beccaria Township | – | C− | D | 37 min | $59,896 |
| Gulich Township | under 3% | C+ | C− | 33 min | $82,457 |
| Glen Hope | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Bigler Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 29 min | $60,625 |
| Chest Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Jordan Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Reade Township | under 3% | C | D | 29 min | $75,427 |
Same-state neighbors only. Glen Hope, Chest Township and Jordan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beccaria 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 Beccaria Township: questions
What is the median household income in Beccaria Township?
$59,896 (±$13,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beccaria Township?
13.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beccaria Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beccaria Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (10%, 19 mi), Lawrence Township (4%, 22 mi), Coalport (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beccaria Township walkable?
Beccaria Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beccaria 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 Beccaria Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beccaria 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.