Work & commute · South Beaver

Work & commute in South Beaver, PA

Most working residents leave South Beaver for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (10%), Chippewa (6%) and Moon (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 1,107 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,068 South Beaver residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Beaver.

1,068live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Beaver goes to work

Pittsburgh33.9 mi away

10%109

Chippewa4.2 mi away

6%67

Moon22 mi away

4%41

Brighton5.9 mi away

4%40

South Beaver (in town)right here

4%39

Findlay21.9 mi away

3%36

Robinson27.2 mi away

3%31

Monaca11.3 mi away

2%27

Cranberry18.9 mi away

2%27

Center11.6 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%664

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

How far

How far South Beaver commutes

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

31%

29%

27%

12%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Beaver is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Beaver are

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

Jobs based in South Beaver

298 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs South Beaver residents hold

1,107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−24%

Jobs based in South Beaver, 2013 → 2023: 390 → 298. 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.