Work & commute · Beavertown

Work & commute in Beavertown, PA

Most working residents leave Beavertown for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Penn (8%), Middleburg (5%) and Perry (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 437 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 414 Beavertown residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beavertown.

414live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beavertown goes to work

Penn14.9 mi away

8%35

Beavertown (in town)right here

5%23

Middleburg7.2 mi away

5%22

Perry8.9 mi away

5%21

Spring4 mi away

3%15

Franklin5.7 mi away

3%12

Selinsgrove16.4 mi away

3%11

West Perry3.2 mi away

2%10

Harrisburg36 mi away

2%9

Monroe18 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%270

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

How far

How far Beavertown commutes

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

30%

36%

19%

15%

30%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beavertown is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beavertown are

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

Jobs based in Beavertown

289 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Beavertown residents hold

437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−21%

Jobs based in Beavertown, 2013 → 2023: 368 → 289. 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.