Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Apollo works elsewhere
Apollo grades C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Employers in Apollo report 201 jobs for 755 working residents. Measured by household income, Apollo is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Apollo
Fewer jobs are based in Apollo than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Apollo fell from 373 in 2013 to 201 in 2023, −46%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Apollo is a place people come home to
There are 201 jobs based in Apollo, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Apollo has about 980 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Apollo’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Apollo is Pittsburgh, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (61) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 755 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Apollo’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Apollo is better than 24% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Apollo’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,000, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Apollo’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Apollo could be anywhere from C− to C+.
Jobs in Apollo: what the 201 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Apollo, 2013 → 2023: 373 → 201. 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 Apollo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Apollo for work, and who comes in
On a workday 741 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Apollo on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
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 from Apollo, by distance
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.
8% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Apollo clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines 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.
Commuting from Apollo: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Apollo workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 650 commuters (the 11% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Apollo
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Apollo is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Apollo near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 730 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 20.5% of Apollo households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Apollo’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,756th of 5,794: where Apollo ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,754 | Sharon MS | 1,910 | $102K | 18.0% | 9.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,755 | Barry IL | 1,247 | $76K | 15.3% | 5.8% | 12% | C− |
| 3,756 | Apollo PA | 1,537 | $52K | 18.2% | 5.3% | 2% | C− |
| 3,757 | Pikeville TN | 1,872 | $38K | 22.6% | 0.9% | 22% | C− |
| 3,758 | Richfield NY | 2,052 | $60K | 18.2% | 3.7% | 11% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Apollo, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Apollo
The biggest share goes to Kiskiminetas Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Apollo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo | – | C− | A | 24 min | $52,000 |
| Orchard Hills | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Kiskiminetas Township | 3% | B− | C− | 28 min | $64,896 |
| North Apollo | 2% | C+ | B+ | 26 min | $66,629 |
| Oklahoma | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Orchard Hills: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Oklahoma: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Apollo’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Apollo: questions
What is the median household income in Apollo?
$52,000 (±$7,871) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Apollo?
18.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Apollo?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Apollo work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (8%, 24 mi), Allegheny Township (5%, 4 mi), Upper Burrell Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Apollo walkable?
Apollo is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Apollo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Apollo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Apollo
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.