With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Beacon Hill works elsewhere
Beacon Hill has 130 jobs; 1,059 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Beacon Hill are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. 2% of workers have no commute at all; Washington has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill is a place people come home to
There are 130 jobs based in Beacon Hill, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beacon Hill has about 880 people in it, 51% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Beacon Hill and Longview trade workers both ways
Longview is the top workplace for Beacon Hill residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Beacon Hill come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Beacon Hill workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Beacon Hill are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Beacon Hill’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Beacon Hill is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Beacon Hill’s grade up ($86,806, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Beacon Hill’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Beacon Hill could be anywhere from D to A−.
In and out of Beacon Hill on a workday
On a workday 1,052 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Beacon Hill on a workday afternoon, 51% 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.
27% of working residents work in Longview
Where Beacon Hill clocks in
27% of workers
7% 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.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Washington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beacon Hill workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 809 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Beacon Hill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beacon Hill, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 130. 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 Beacon Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Beacon Hill
About 30% 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.
Most of Beacon Hill commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beacon Hill is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.9% across Washington, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 826 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.6% of Beacon Hill households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beacon Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Beacon Hill is 2,755th of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | McMillin WA | 1,348 | $141K | 2.3% | 4.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,753 | Assyria Township MI | 2,048 | $78K | 12.0% | 12.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,754 | Franklin Township PA | 2,222 | $51K | 15.2% | 0.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,755 | Beacon Hill WA | 1,804 | $87K | 15.5% | 2.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,756 | Bay City OR | 1,388 | $83K | 8.5% | 3.3% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,757 | Windham NY | 1,701 | $76K | 7.4% | 5.2% | 31% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Beacon Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
How Beacon Hill compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beacon Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill | – | C+ | C | 18 min | $86,806 |
| Longview Heights | under 2% | C | D− | 29 min | $74,570 |
| Lexington | under 2% | B− | C− | 24 min | $101,389 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beacon Hill’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 Beacon Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Beacon Hill?
$86,806 (±$35,764) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beacon Hill?
15.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beacon Hill?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beacon Hill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Longview (27%, 3 mi), Kelso (7%, 4 mi), Vancouver (7%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beacon Hill walkable?
Beacon Hill is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beacon Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beacon Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beacon Hill
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.