Davis Island Lock and Dam Site · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainAvalon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns. Employers in Avalon report 991 jobs, and 2,247 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Avalon is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is among the most walkable U.S. towns (A+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Avalon: the gist
Most Avalon residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Avalon and Pittsburgh trade workers both ways
Pittsburgh is the top workplace for Avalon residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Avalon come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Avalon
63% of Avalon residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Avalon pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Avalon’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Avalon’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($51,250, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Avalon could be anywhere from C to B+.
The distance from Avalon to work
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.
37% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Avalon clocks in
37% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Avalon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avalon, 2013 → 2023: 1,134 → 991. 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 Avalon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Avalon, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,188 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 932 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Avalon on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
How long Avalon spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avalon workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,878 commuters (the 21% 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.
Avalon is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Avalon is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #34 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Avalon 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 2,385 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 77% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 13.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 23.1% of Avalon households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Avalon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Avalon is 2,097th of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 68 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,095 | Muskingum Township OH | 4,249 | $78K | 6.4% | 4.7% | 7% | B− |
| 2,096 | Paulden AZ | 4,795 | $92K | 12.3% | 1.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,097 | Avalon PA | 4,572 | $51K | 14.6% | 3.2% | 3% | B− |
| 2,098 | Groesbeck TX | 3,995 | $62K | 7.2% | 2.0% | 18% | B− |
| 2,099 | Lenox MA | 5,059 | $106K | 8.5% | 6.2% | 21% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Avalon, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Avalon and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Avalon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon | – | B− | A+ | 24 min | $51,250 |
| Bellevue | under 2% | B | A | 22 min | $68,827 |
| Ben Avon | under 2% | A− | A+ | 23 min | $102,869 |
| Kilbuck Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kilbuck Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Avalon’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 Avalon: questions
What is the median household income in Avalon?
$51,250 (±$8,623) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avalon?
14.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avalon?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avalon work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (37%, 6 mi), Ross Township (4%, 3 mi), Cranberry Township (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Avalon walkable?
Avalon is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.8 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Avalon without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. 77% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avalon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avalon
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.