Work & commute · Big Beaver

Work & commute in Big Beaver, PA

Most working residents leave Big Beaver for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Cranberry (7%), Beaver Falls (5%) and Chippewa (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 724 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 679 Big Beaver residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 1,301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Beaver.

679live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

1,301work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Beaver goes to work

Cranberry15.3 mi away

7%54

Big Beaver (in town)right here

6%45

Beaver Falls4.7 mi away

5%35

Chippewa4.4 mi away

5%35

Pittsburgh33.2 mi away

4%32

Ellwood City4.8 mi away

3%23

North Sewickley4.5 mi away

3%20

Beaver9.3 mi away

2%17

New Castle11.9 mi away

2%15

Brighton8.4 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%434

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

How far

How far Big Beaver commutes

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

40%

31%

19%

11%

40%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Beaver is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Beaver are

1,346 jobs are based in Big Beaver. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Beaver’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Big Beaver

1,346 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Big Beaver residents hold

724 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+147%

Jobs based in Big Beaver, 2013 → 2023: 545 → 1,346. 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.