Work & commute · Beaver Falls

Work & commute in Beaver Falls, PA

Most working residents leave Beaver Falls for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (9%), Cranberry (4%) and Center (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

385 of 3,301 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,916 Beaver Falls residents head out of town to work, 385 work right here, and 2,155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaver Falls.

2,916live here, work elsewhere

385live and work here

2,155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaver Falls goes to work

Beaver Falls (in town)right here

12%385

Pittsburgh28.6 mi away

9%312

Cranberry11.9 mi away

4%125

Center7.8 mi away

3%109

Chippewa3 mi away

3%103

Moon18.3 mi away

3%90

Big Beaver4.7 mi away

2%76

Beaver4.6 mi away

2%71

Findlay19.5 mi away

2%69

New Brighton1.8 mi away

2%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,906

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

How far

How far Beaver Falls commutes

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

39%

27%

21%

13%

39%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaver Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaver Falls are

2,540 jobs are based in Beaver Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beaver Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beaver Falls

2,540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Beaver Falls residents hold

3,301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−10%

Jobs based in Beaver Falls, 2013 → 2023: 2,818 → 2,540. 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.