With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bratton Township works elsewhere
Employers in Bratton Township report 63 jobs, and 505 of its residents work somewhere. Bratton Township grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 1% stay in Bratton Township for work; outside it, Lewistown is the main destination (8%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Bratton Township, in brief
Jobs & income in Bratton Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Bratton Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bratton Township’s grade up (8.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Bratton 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, Bratton Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who works in Bratton Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 499 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Bratton Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Commuting out of Bratton Township: the destinations
Where Bratton Township clocks in
8% 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 Bratton Township, 38% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bratton Township, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 63. 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 Bratton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Bratton Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bratton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 626 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.
Where in the region Bratton Township works
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Bratton Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bratton Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% 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 705 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). 4.2% of Bratton Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bratton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Bratton Township ranks 2,615th of 4,312 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,613 | Wakefield NE | 1,527 | $57K | 7.5% | 3.9% | 23% | C |
| 2,614 | Lemon Township PA | 1,120 | $81K | 13.3% | 0.6% | 1% | C |
| 2,615 | Bratton Township PA | 1,181 | $63K | 8.5% | 0.6% | 1% | C |
| 2,616 | Annville KY | 1,063 | $56K | 7.3% | 0.9% | 8% | C |
| 2,617 | Bassett VA | 1,031 | $46K | 9.4% | 2.4% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Bratton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 19% of Bratton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bratton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bratton Township | – | C | C− | 27 min | $63,375 |
| Oliver Township | 8% | C | C | 29 min | $62,895 |
| Lack Township | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Tuscarora Township | under 2% | D− | C− | 44 min | $52,065 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 33 min | $69,250 |
| McVeytown | 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Granville Township | 8% | B− | C− | 26 min | $76,250 |
| Milford Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 35 min | $66,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lack Township and McVeytown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oliver Township. Darker towns draw more of Bratton 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 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 Bratton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bratton Township?
$63,375 (±$5,604) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bratton Township?
8.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bratton Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bratton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewistown (8%, 9 mi), Granville Township (8%, 7 mi), Oliver Township (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bratton Township walkable?
Bratton Township is more walkable than 22% 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 Bratton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bratton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bratton Township
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.