Most of Beech Mountain Lakes commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. There are 51 jobs in Beech Mountain Lakes, and 950 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Beech Mountain Lakes for work; outside it, Hazle Township is the main destination (13%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Beech Mountain Lakes
Beech Mountain Lakes on a workday afternoon
On a workday 947 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Beech Mountain Lakes on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
The towns that employ Beech Mountain Lakes’ residents
Where Beech Mountain Lakes clocks in
6% 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.
Most jobs in Beech Mountain Lakes are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beech Mountain Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 51. 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 Mountain Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Beech Mountain Lakes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beech Mountain Lakes workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,056 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.
Where in the region Beech Mountain Lakes works
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.
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 Mountain Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Beech Mountain Lakes?
$128,235 (±$65,373) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beech Mountain Lakes?
3.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beech Mountain Lakes?
22 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 Mountain Lakes work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hazle Township (13%, 7 mi), Butler Township (8%, 2 mi), Hazleton (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beech Mountain Lakes 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 Beech Mountain Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beech Mountain Lakes
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.