Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Brockway earn less than those in 79% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Brockway is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (A−). Home is the office for 7% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. About one in seven work in Brockway; the top destination outside it is Snyder Township (12%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Brockway stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Brockway than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Brockway fell from 1,084 in 2014 to 697 in 2024, −36%. 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 ↓
Commutes from Brockway are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania 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 904 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Brockway’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Brockway’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($56,563, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brockway could be anywhere from D to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Brockway
697 jobs are based in Brockway.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brockway, 2014 → 2024: 1,084 → 697. 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 Brockway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way for Brockway’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brockway workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,021 commuters (the 7% 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.
Who leaves Brockway for work, and who comes in
On a workday 775 residents head out to work, 129 work right here, and 568 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 (0.77 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Brockway commutes to
Where Brockway clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brockway
About 25% 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 Brockway, walking beats the bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,096 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). 5.2% of Brockway households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brockway’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Brockway is 3,086th among 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 29 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,084 | Churchill OH | 1,608 | $49K | 12.0% | 7.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,085 | Delphi IN | 2,973 | $60K | 9.6% | 4.9% | 11% | C+ |
| 3,086 | Brockway PA | 2,213 | $57K | 11.7% | 2.8% | 14% | C+ |
| 3,087 | Lincoln NH | 1,664 | $71K | 6.2% | 2.9% | 37% | C+ |
| 3,088 | Urbana NY | 2,048 | $77K | 8.4% | 2.8% | 22% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Brockway, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
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 Brockway: questions
What is the median household income in Brockway?
$56,563 (±$14,305) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brockway?
11.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brockway?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brockway work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Snyder Township (12%, 2 mi), DuBois (11%, 9 mi), Sandy Township (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Brockway walkable?
Brockway is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brockway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brockway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brockway
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.