Work & commute · Beaver

Work & commute in Beaver, PA

Most working residents leave Beaver for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (9%), Moon (5%) and Brighton (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

220 of 1,894 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,674 Beaver residents head out of town to work, 220 work right here, and 2,322 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaver.

1,674live here, work elsewhere

220live and work here

2,322work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaver goes to work

Beaver (in town)right here

12%220

Pittsburgh24.7 mi away

9%163

Moon13.7 mi away

5%91

Brighton3.9 mi away

4%70

Findlay14.9 mi away

4%70

Center3.2 mi away

3%61

Cranberry10.6 mi away

2%46

Chippewa6 mi away

2%46

Robinson18.7 mi away

2%41

Vanport1.3 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,047

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.

41%

38%

11%

10%

41%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaver is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaver are

2,542 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

2,542 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Beaver residents hold

1,894 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−8%

Jobs based in Beaver, 2013 → 2023: 2,770 → 2,542. 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.