Eliza Furnace · Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainMost of Buffington Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 123 jobs in Buffington Township for 411 working residents. Buffington Township grades C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 2% stay in Buffington Township for work; outside it, White Township is the main destination (11%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Buffington Township
Buffington Township is a place people come home to
There are 123 jobs based in Buffington Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
The quickest commute around
Buffington Township’s 22-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 28 to 32 minutes. 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; with 411 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Buffington Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Buffington Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Buffington Township’s grade up (9.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (14.9%) is left out: Buffington Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Buffington Township could be anywhere from D to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Buffington Township
On a workday 403 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Buffington Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where Buffington Township’s working residents head each day
Where Buffington Township clocks in
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 89% of Buffington Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buffington Township, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 123. 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 Buffington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Buffington Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buffington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 656 commuters (the 8% 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.
Buffington Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% 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 Buffington Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Buffington Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Buffington Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 714 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). 6.5% of Buffington Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Buffington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600, Buffington Township ranks 2,228th 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+ |
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| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,226 | Prosperity SC | 1,259 | $63K | 10.1% | 4.0% | 4% | C |
| 2,227 | Auburn Township OH | 1,105 | $77K | 15.7% | 0.0% | 2% | C |
| 2,228 | Buffington Township PA | 1,218 | $66K | 9.6% | 14.9% | 2% | C |
| 2,229 | Rossville KS | 1,088 | $54K | 8.3% | 8.8% | 1% | C |
| 2,230 | Clara City MN | 1,397 | $64K | 7.3% | 2.2% | 22% | 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 Buffington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Buffington Township
The biggest share goes to Pine Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buffington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffington Township | – | C | D− | 22 min | $65,662 |
| East Wheatfield Township | 3% | C | D | 32 min | $51,164 |
| Brush Valley Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 28 min | $76,509 |
| Pine Township | 6% | C+ | D | 29 min | $69,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Buffington 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 Buffington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Buffington Township?
$65,662 (±$18,365) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buffington Township?
9.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buffington Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buffington Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are White Township (11%, 13 mi), Pine Township (6%, 6 mi), Indiana (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Buffington Township walkable?
Buffington Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buffington 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 Buffington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buffington 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.