Work & commute · West Beaver

Work & commute in West Beaver, PA

Most working residents leave West Beaver for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Spring (10%), Penn (5%) and McClure (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 472 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 462 West Beaver residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Beaver.

462live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

90work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Beaver goes to work

Spring3.6 mi away

10%48

Penn22 mi away

5%23

McClure3.1 mi away

4%21

Middleburg14.1 mi away

4%18

Franklin12.6 mi away

4%18

Derry14.4 mi away

3%13

Monroe24.7 mi away

3%12

Beavertown7.3 mi away

2%11

Perry15.9 mi away

2%11

Kelly26.5 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%287

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

How far

How far West Beaver commutes

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

21%

32%

26%

21%

21%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Beaver is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Beaver are

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

Jobs based in West Beaver

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs West Beaver residents hold

472 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+79%

Jobs based in West Beaver, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 100. 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.