With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of West Beaver Township works elsewhere
There are 100 jobs in West Beaver Township, against 472 working residents. For jobs and income West Beaver Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). Measured by household income, West Beaver Township is behind 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in West Beaver Township
The figures behind West Beaver Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds West Beaver Township’s grade up (12.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: West Beaver 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, West Beaver Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
A workday in West Beaver Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 462 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in West Beaver 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.
The places West Beaver Township commutes to
Where West Beaver Township clocks in
10% 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: 67% of jobs based in West Beaver Township
100 jobs are based in West Beaver Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Beaver Township, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 100. 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 West Beaver Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from West Beaver Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Beaver Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 476 commuters (the 12% 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 West Beaver Township works
About 21% 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.
West Beaver Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 538 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). 18.5% of West Beaver Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of West Beaver Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How West Beaver Township ranks: 3,102nd of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,100 | Springfield NY | 1,325 | $63K | 20.1% | 4.5% | 3% | D |
| 3,101 | Salem Township OH | 1,034 | $51K | 15.0% | 1.2% | 1% | D |
| 3,102 | West Beaver Township PA | 1,145 | $50K | 12.7% | 0.7% | 2% | D |
| 3,103 | Rush Township PA | 1,155 | $62K | 17.9% | 1.7% | 3% | D |
| 3,104 | Barker Heights NC | 1,074 | $29K | 49.7% | 3.3% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 West Beaver Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
West Beaver Township and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Beaver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Beaver Township | – | D | D | 29 min | $49,886 |
| McClure | 4% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Spring Township | 10% | D | C | 31 min | $58,558 |
| Decatur Township | under 3% | C | C− | 27 min | $61,302 |
| Fayette Township | under 3% | B | B− | 28 min | $75,250 |
| West Perry Township | under 3% | C | B− | 31 min | $61,528 |
| Armagh Township | under 3% | C | D | 31 min | $74,278 |
Same-state neighbors only. McClure: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Spring Township. Darker towns draw more of West 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 West Beaver Township: questions
What is the median household income in West Beaver Township?
$49,886 (±$19,030) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Beaver Township?
12.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Beaver Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Beaver Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spring Township (10%, 4 mi), Penn Township (5%, 22 mi), McClure (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is West Beaver Township walkable?
West Beaver Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around West Beaver Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Beaver Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of West 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.