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Jobs & commute in Anthony Township

Anthony Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). There are 32 jobs in Anthony Township, against 388 working residents. Only 1% stay in Anthony Township for work; outside it, Williamsport is the main destination (26%, 8 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out

Where Anthony Township stands out on work

★ What stands out · Day and night

Who commutes out of Anthony Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 383 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.

383live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
27work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night850
Workday490
850live here− 380head out to work+ 27come in to work= 490on a workday

About 490 people are in Anthony Township on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Anthony Township to work: where people go

Avis: 6 residents work here (2%)Beech CreekDuboistownMuncyJersey Shore: 27 residents work here (7%)South Williamsport: 8 residents work here (2%)Lock Haven: 9 residents work here (2%)Williamsport: 99 residents work here (26%)Philadelphia: 6 residents work here (2%)Anthony TownshipLoyalsock Township: 16 residents work here (4%)Lycoming TownshipPiatt TownshipPorter Township: 7 residents work here (2%)Woodward TownshipMifflin TownshipCastanea Township: 15 residents work here (4%)Greene TownshipOld Lycoming Township: 7 residents work here (2%)WilliamsportJersey ShoreLoyalsock TownshipCastanea TownshipLock HavenSouth WilliamsportAnthony Township
1
Williamsport7.8 mi away
26%99
2
Jersey Shore7.9 mi away
7%27
34%16
4
Castanea Township17.5 mi away
4%15
5
Lock Haven18.1 mi away
2%9
62%8
7
Porter Township7.8 mi away
2%7
9
Avis10.5 mi away
2%6
10
Philadelphia138.7 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%188
The top trips

Where Anthony Township clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

Goods jobs make up 66% of work in Anthony Township

Jobs based in Anthony TownshipJobs Anthony Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms66%26%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices34%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less9%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%24%
Over $3,333 a month63%59%

Who does it

29 or younger25%17%
30 to 5447%48%
55 and older28%34%
+256%

Jobs based in Anthony Township, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 32. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anthony Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Anthony Township: about 28 minutes

A year of commuting
214 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Anthony Township28 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Anthony Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Anthony Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 416 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Anthony Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWilliamsport: 26% · 7.8 miJersey Shore: 7% · 7.9 miLoyalsock Township: 4% · 9.9 miCastanea Township: 4% · 17.5 miLock Haven: 2% · 18.1 miSouth Williamsport: 2% · 9.8 miPorter Township: 2% · 7.8 miOld Lycoming Township: 2% · 5 miAvis: 2% · 10.5 miPhiladelphia: 2% · 138.7 miWilliamsport 26%Jersey Shore 7%Loyalsock Township 4%Castanea Township 4%Anthony Township
Anthony TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi160 residents
26%10–24 mi99 residents
8%25–50 mi30 residents
25%Over 50 mi98 residents

About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Anthony Township and the towns next door

Lycoming Township: few work hereWoodward Township: few work hereMifflin Township: few work hereLycoming TownshipWoodward TownshipMifflin TownshipAnthony Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Lycoming Township24 min
Mifflin Township25 min
Woodward Township27 min
Anthony Township28 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownAnthony Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Anthony Township–——28 min$78,295
Lycoming Townshipunder 2%C+C+24 min$71,563
Woodward Townshipunder 2%B−D27 min$72,989
Mifflin Townshipunder 2%CD25 min$65,865

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Anthony Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Anthony Township: questions

What is the median household income in Anthony Township?

$78,295 (±$10,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Anthony Township?

4.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Anthony Township?

28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Anthony Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (26%, 8 mi), Jersey Shore (7%, 8 mi), Loyalsock Township (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Anthony Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Anthony Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Anthony Township

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.