Work & commute · Beaver

Work & commute in Beaver, PA

Most working residents leave Beaver for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Penn (8%), Perry (8%) and Middleburg (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 198 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 198 Beaver residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaver.

198live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaver goes to work

Penn13.9 mi away

8%16

Perry8.1 mi away

8%15

Middleburg6.1 mi away

7%13

Mifflinburg12.7 mi away

4%8

Beavertown1 mi away

4%7

Selinsgrove15.3 mi away

3%6

Spring4.9 mi away

3%6

Kelly20.8 mi away

3%5

West Perry3.2 mi away

3%5

Lower Swatara42.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%113

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

How far

How far Beaver commutes

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

25%

36%

23%

16%

25%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaver is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaver are

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

Jobs based in Beaver

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Beaver residents hold

198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+222%

Jobs based in Beaver, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 87. 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.