Photo: takomabibelot · CC BY 2.0Households in Blawnox earn less than those in 73% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Blawnox are C+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. 16.7% of residents are in poverty, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. Only 5% work in Blawnox; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (35%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Blawnox in brief
Most Blawnox residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
One in three of Blawnox works in Pittsburgh
257 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Pittsburgh, 7.1 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Blawnox itself. The commute map ↓
Blawnox makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Blawnox are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Blawnox residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 12%. 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; with 744 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Blawnox
On income, poverty and job access, Blawnox is better than 45% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Blawnox’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Blawnox’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, Blawnox could be anywhere from C to B+.
How far Blawnox’s workers travel
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.
The places Blawnox commutes to
Where Blawnox clocks in
35% of workers
10% of workers
2% 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.
In Blawnox, 39% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
735 jobs are based in Blawnox.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blawnox, 2013 → 2023: 627 → 735. 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 Blawnox’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Blawnox
On a workday 708 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 699 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).
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 daily trip from Blawnox: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blawnox workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 667 commuters (the 14% 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.
Blawnox is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 780 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, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 13.7 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). 19.9% of Blawnox households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Blawnox’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Blawnox ranks 2,353rd of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,351 | Center Township OH | 1,728 | $76K | 7.7% | 14.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,352 | Athens IL | 1,883 | $81K | 9.5% | 5.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,353 | Blawnox PA | 1,384 | $60K | 16.7% | 2.5% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,354 | Jefferson Township KS | 1,063 | $67K | 5.8% | 3.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,355 | Sparta NY | 1,577 | $88K | 8.8% | 1.4% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Blawnox, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Blawnox and its neighbors: 10% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blawnox workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blawnox | – | C+ | A+ | 21 min | $60,333 |
| O'Hara Township | 10% | A | A− | 24 min | $117,276 |
| Penn Hills | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to O'Hara Township. Darker towns draw more of Blawnox’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 Blawnox: questions
What is the median household income in Blawnox?
$60,333 (±$15,555) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blawnox?
16.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blawnox?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blawnox work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (35%, 7 mi), O'Hara Township (10%, 1 mi), Ross Township (2%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blawnox walkable?
Blawnox is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 17.5 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blawnox without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blawnox, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blawnox
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.