Photo: Nyttend · Public domainNorth Beaver Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
About one in ten stay in North Beaver Township for work; outside it, New Castle is the main destination (10%, 6 miles). Employers in North Beaver Township report 587 jobs for 1,631 working residents. Jobs and income earn North Beaver Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in North Beaver Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, North Beaver Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #653 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds North Beaver Township’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, North Beaver Township could be anywhere from C to A.
A workday in North Beaver Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,484 residents head out to work, 147 work right here, and 440 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in North Beaver Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 people from North Beaver Township work
Where North Beaver Township clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in North Beaver Township: what the 587 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Beaver Township, 2013 → 2023: 677 → 587. 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 North Beaver Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From North Beaver Township, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Beaver Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,444 commuters (the 11% 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 it is to work from North Beaver Township
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 North Beaver Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, North Beaver Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #904 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,631 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). 1.5% of North Beaver Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of North Beaver Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
North Beaver Township places 1,969th of 4,084 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 64 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,967 | Kiskiminetas Township PA | 4,522 | $65K | 10.4% | 2.1% | 8% | B− |
| 1,968 | Pine Grove Township PA | 4,109 | $85K | 3.0% | 8.7% | 9% | B− |
| 1,969 | North Beaver Township PA | 3,934 | $71K | 5.3% | 6.4% | 9% | B− |
| 1,970 | Highgate VT | 3,575 | $81K | 8.1% | 2.4% | 6% | B− |
| 1,971 | Wilder KY | 3,108 | $71K | 18.6% | 3.5% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 North Beaver Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 12% of North Beaver Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Beaver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Beaver Township | – | B− | C− | 22 min | $70,828 |
| Taylor Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| New Castle | 10% | D | A− | 22 min | $42,219 |
| Union Township | 2% | B+ | B+ | 17 min | $64,826 |
| West Pittsburg | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Mahoning Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 26 min | $65,370 |
| Little Beaver Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 37 min | $60,938 |
Same-state neighbors only. Taylor Township: not graded. West Pittsburg: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Castle. Darker towns draw more of North Beaver 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 North Beaver Township: questions
What is the median household income in North Beaver Township?
$70,828 (±$12,105) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Beaver Township?
5.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Beaver Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Beaver Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Castle (10%, 6 mi), Pittsburgh (5%, 43 mi), Neshannock Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is North Beaver Township walkable?
North Beaver Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Beaver Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Beaver Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Beaver 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.