Work & commute · Beale

Work & commute in Beale, PA

Most working residents leave Beale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fermanagh (10%), Walker (9%) and Delaware (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 329 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 323 Beale residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beale.

323live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beale goes to work

Fermanagh10.2 mi away

10%32

Walker11.7 mi away

9%29

Delaware16.4 mi away

7%23

Derry8.9 mi away

6%19

Harrisburg36.7 mi away

5%18

Granville7 mi away

3%10

Milford4.1 mi away

2%8

Fayette16.2 mi away

2%7

Beale (in town)right here

2%6

Steelton41.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%172

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Beale commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

34%

20%

30%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beale is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Beale are

48 jobs are based in Beale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beale

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month10%

Jobs Beale residents hold

329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+380%

Jobs based in Beale, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 48. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.