Most of Clarks Green commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Clarks Green has 245 jobs for 682 working residents. For jobs and income Clarks Green is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Clarks Green
Jobs & income in Clarks Green: the grade in detail
The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Clarks Green’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, Clarks Green could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Clarks Green’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarks Green workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 796 commuters (the 15% 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.
How a workday changes Clarks Green
On a workday 677 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 240 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Clarks Green on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
24% of working residents work in Scranton
Where Clarks Green clocks in
24% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Clarks Green
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarks Green, 2013 → 2023: 307 → 245. 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 Clarks Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Clarks Green works
About 19% 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.
Clarks Green is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 932 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). 3.6% of Clarks Green households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clarks Green’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clarks Green places 258th of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 256 | Mannington Township NJ | 1,495 | $109K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 9% | A |
| 257 | Lattingtown NY | 1,881 | $250K | 6.7% | 3.8% | 2% | A |
| 258 | Clarks Green PA | 1,519 | $114K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| 259 | Hartland Township IL | 1,882 | $105K | 1.1% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 260 | Caesarscreek Township OH | 1,215 | $113K | 3.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Clarks Green, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
12% of Clarks Green works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to South Abington Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarks Green workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Green | – | A | B− | 20 min | $113,850 |
| Clarks Summit | 4% | A | A− | 17 min | $92,083 |
| South Abington Township | 8% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $113,615 |
| Waverly Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 28 min | $151,442 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clarks Green’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 Clarks Green: questions
What is the median household income in Clarks Green?
$113,850 (±$15,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarks Green?
3.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarks Green?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarks Green work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (24%, 7 mi), South Abington Township (8%, 1 mi), Dunmore (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clarks Green walkable?
Clarks Green is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clarks Green 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 Clarks Green, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarks Green
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.