Photo: User:Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Chatham Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any stay in Chatham Township for work; outside it, Wellsboro is the main destination (10%, 10 miles). Employers in Chatham Township report 7 jobs, and 240 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute, 26 minutes each way, matches the Pennsylvania norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Chatham Township, in brief
Chatham Township is a place people come home to
There are 7 jobs based in Chatham Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chatham Township has about 360 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 240 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Chatham Township
On a workday 239 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Chatham Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
How many miles Chatham Township commutes
About 38% 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.
Where Chatham Township goes to work
Where Chatham Township clocks in
10% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chatham Township, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 7. 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 Chatham Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Chatham Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chatham Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 commuters (the 19% 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.
Chatham Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Middlebury Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chatham Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $71,667 |
| Clymer Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Shippen Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Middlebury Township | 3% | C | C | 26 min | $62,083 |
| Deerfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Delmar Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 23 min | $64,048 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clymer Township, Shippen Township and Deerfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chatham 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 Chatham Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chatham Township?
$71,667 (±$5,698) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chatham Township?
13.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chatham Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chatham Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wellsboro (10%, 10 mi), Corning (3%, 27 mi), Charleston Township (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chatham Township without a car?
4% 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 Chatham Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chatham 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.