Beech Creek has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Beech Creek has 120 jobs; 290 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Beech Creek; the top destination outside it is Lock Haven (11%, 8 miles). For 5% of workers, the job is at home, 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 work figures that set Beech Creek apart
The workday shuffle in and out of Beech Creek
On a workday 287 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Beech Creek on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 the trip to work from Beech Creek ends
Where Beech Creek clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 38% of jobs based in Beech Creek
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beech Creek, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 120. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Beech Creek: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beech Creek workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 289 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Beech Creek
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.
Next door to Beech Creek
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beech Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Creek | – | — | — | 25 min | $56,111 |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | B | D | 37 min | $75,766 |
| Beech Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Blanchard | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Beech Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Blanchard: 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’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: questions
What is the median household income in Beech Creek?
$56,111 (±$15,157) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beech Creek?
16.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beech Creek?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beech Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lock Haven (11%, 8 mi), Bald Eagle Township (7%, 5 mi), College Township (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beech Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beech Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beech Creek
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.