Photo: Niagara · CC BY-SA 3.0Corry has higher unemployment (9.8%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Corry is behind 89% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Corry D−; getting around on foot earns it A+. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Corry stands out on work
Few Corry workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Corry’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Corry is Erie, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (192) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Corry makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Corry are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Corry residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Corry workers earn over $40,000 a year
43% of Corry’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Corry are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 38 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Corry earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Corry is better than 4% of U.S. towns, #1,034 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Corry’s grade up (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Corry could be anywhere from D− to C.
The trip to work from Corry: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corry workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,412 commuters (the 2% 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 far Corry’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 38% of the jobs in Corry
3,219 jobs are based in Corry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corry, 2013 → 2023: 3,505 → 3,219. 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 Corry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Corry
On a workday 1,222 residents head out to work, 975 work right here, and 2,244 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,000 people are in Corry on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 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.
9% of working residents work in Erie
Where Corry clocks in
9% 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.
In Corry, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Corry is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #97 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Corry 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 2,457 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 33% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.4% of Corry households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Corry’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100, and where Corry sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,324 | Keyser WV | 4,777 | $47K | 31.8% | 12.9% | 11% | D− |
| 3,325 | La Junta CO | 6,864 | $52K | 27.4% | 7.9% | 39% | D− |
| 3,326 | Corry PA | 5,993 | $49K | 25.9% | 9.8% | 44% | D− |
| 3,327 | Ripley TN | 7,499 | $37K | 30.7% | 8.2% | 27% | D− |
| 3,328 | Jacksboro TX | 4,735 | $55K | 21.8% | 11.9% | 23% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Corry, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Corry
The biggest share goes to Wayne Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Corry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corry | – | D− | A+ | 21 min | $48,618 |
| Wayne Township | 2% | C− | C+ | 21 min | $73,281 |
| Concord Township | 1% | C− | D | 29 min | $68,214 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Corry’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 Corry: questions
What is the median household income in Corry?
$48,618 (±$7,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corry?
25.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corry?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corry work?
44% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Erie (9%, 26 mi), Millcreek Township (4%, 27 mi), Wayne Township (2%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Corry walkable?
Corry is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.4 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 33% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corry
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.