Most of Beech Creek Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. 65 jobs are based in Beech Creek Township for 410 working residents. 6% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Beech Creek Township and work: the main findings
Who commutes out of Beech Creek Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 408 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Beech Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
13% of working residents work in Lock Haven
Where Beech Creek Township clocks in
13% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 75% of the jobs in Beech Creek Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beech Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 65. 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 Beech Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Beech Creek Township, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beech Creek Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 444 commuters (the 6% 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 Beech Creek 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.
Next door is work for 13% of Beech Creek Township
The biggest share goes to Bald Eagle Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beech Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Creek Township | – | — | — | 30 min | $75,268 |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | B | D | 37 min | $75,766 |
| Curtin Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Beech Creek | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Porter Township | under 3% | C+ | B | 24 min | $73,100 |
| Bald Eagle Township | 7% | C | B− | 24 min | $75,685 |
| Monument | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Noyes Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| East Keating Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Burnside Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Lamar Township | 6% | B | C | 23 min | $92,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Curtin Township, Beech Creek, Noyes Township, East Keating Township and Burnside Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Monument: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beech Creek 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 Beech Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Beech Creek Township?
$75,268 (±$18,013) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beech Creek Township?
8.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beech Creek Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beech Creek Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lock Haven (13%, 14 mi), Bald Eagle Township (7%, 9 mi), Lamar Township (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beech Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beech Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beech Creek 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.