Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Boggs Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Boggs Township report 100 jobs, against 669 working residents. Boggs Township grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 5% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Boggs Township
Boggs Township is a place people come home to
There are 100 jobs based in Boggs Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Boggs Township has about 1,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Boggs Township works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Boggs Township: Lawrence Township (16%), Bradford Township (6%) and Decatur Township (3%). Next door ↓
Boggs Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 669 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Boggs Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Boggs Township is better than 11% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Boggs Township’s grade up ($61,354, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (8.1%) is left out: Boggs Township’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, Boggs Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Boggs Township by day and by night
On a workday 667 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Boggs Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 32 minutes to work from Boggs Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boggs Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 782 commuters (the 5% 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.
16% of working residents work in Lawrence Township
Where Boggs Township clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
What work there is in Boggs Township: 100 jobs
100 jobs are based in Boggs Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boggs Township, 2014 → 2024: 183 → 100. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boggs Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Boggs Township
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Boggs Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boggs Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 824 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). 5.9% of Boggs Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Boggs Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Boggs Township is 5,041st of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,039 | McKinley Township MI | 1,285 | $54K | 12.2% | 8.2% | 8% | D |
| 5,040 | Scio NY | 1,623 | $62K | 17.6% | 7.5% | 3% | D |
| 5,041 | Boggs Township PA | 1,620 | $61K | 22.7% | 8.1% | <1% | D |
| 5,042 | Tok AK | 1,649 | $64K | 14.5% | 5.8% | — | D |
| 5,043 | Rancho Alegre TX | 1,337 | $49K | 23.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Boggs Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 25% of Boggs Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Lawrence Township (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boggs Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boggs Township | – | D | C− | 32 min | $61,354 |
| Lawrence Township | 16% | C− | B+ | 21 min | $62,371 |
| Woodward Township | under 2% | C− | C | 31 min | $61,953 |
| Bradford Township | 6% | C | C− | 22 min | $55,938 |
| Wallaceton | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Decatur Township | 3% | C+ | B | 25 min | $56,394 |
| Graham Township | under 2% | C | D | 34 min | $77,917 |
| Knox Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Morris Township | under 2% | D | D | 35 min | $45,357 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wallaceton and Knox Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boggs Township’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 2024, 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 Boggs Township: questions
What is the median household income in Boggs Township?
$61,354 (±$12,340) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boggs Township?
22.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boggs Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boggs Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrence Township (16%, 11 mi), Clearfield (11%, 7 mi), Bradford Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Boggs Township walkable?
Boggs Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boggs Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boggs Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boggs Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.