Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Unemployment in Buffalo Township (0.1%) is lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Buffalo Township; the top destination outside it is Kelly Township (9%, 4 miles). For jobs and income Buffalo Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D). 7% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Buffalo Township, in brief
Buffalo Township makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Buffalo Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Buffalo Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Buffalo Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Buffalo Township works one town over
26% of working residents work in a town that borders Buffalo Township: Kelly Township (9%), Lewisburg (6%) and Mifflinburg (6%). Next door ↓
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.
The figures behind Buffalo Township’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Buffalo Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Buffalo Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
In Buffalo Township, 48% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,050 jobs are based in Buffalo Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buffalo Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,173 → 1,050. 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 Buffalo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Buffalo Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buffalo Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,247 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.
The daily flow of workers through Buffalo Township
On a workday 1,242 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 985 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 (0.80 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.
Where the trip to work from Buffalo Township ends
Where Buffalo Township clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
How many miles Buffalo Township commutes
About 23% 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.
In Buffalo Township, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,346 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). 7.2% of Buffalo Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Buffalo Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Buffalo Township next to U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800: 1,881st of 4,355 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,879 | Saltcreek Township OH | 2,902 | $73K | 9.5% | 1.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,880 | Norwalk Township OH | 3,429 | $62K | 5.3% | 3.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,881 | Buffalo Township PA | 3,546 | $67K | 10.4% | 0.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,882 | Lamar Township PA | 2,653 | $92K | 8.6% | 3.5% | 10% | B |
| 1,883 | Ponderosa Park CO | 3,453 | $132K | 5.4% | 6.7% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | 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 Buffalo Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 26% of Buffalo Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buffalo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Township | – | B | D | 19 min | $66,781 |
| Kelly Township | 9% | C+ | B | 17 min | $54,886 |
| White Deer Township | under 2% | A− | C | 18 min | $83,611 |
| Lewisburg | 6% | B− | A+ | 12 min | $54,767 |
| East Buffalo Township | 5% | A | A | 15 min | $139,708 |
| Limestone Township | under 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $88,281 |
| West Buffalo Township | under 2% | B | B | 21 min | $79,095 |
| Mifflinburg | 6% | B− | A− | 18 min | $67,391 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kelly Township. Darker towns draw more of Buffalo 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 Buffalo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Buffalo Township?
$66,781 (±$12,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buffalo Township?
10.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buffalo Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buffalo Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kelly Township (9%, 4 mi), Mifflinburg (6%, 5 mi), Lewisburg (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Buffalo Township walkable?
Buffalo Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buffalo Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buffalo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buffalo 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.