Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Cummings Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 3% work in Cummings Township itself; outside it, Williamsport draws the most (14%, 17 miles). Employers in Cummings Township report 31 jobs, against 111 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Cummings Township by day
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Cummings Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 people from Cummings Township work
Where Cummings Township clocks in
14% of workers
6% of workers
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.
What Cummings Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cummings Township, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 31. 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 Cummings Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Cummings Township: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cummings Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 94 commuters (the 4% 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 commute from Cummings Township, by distance
About 29% 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.
Cummings Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cummings Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cummings Township | – | — | — | 37 min | $72,813 |
| Gallagher Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Watson Township | 4% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Cogan House Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| McHenry Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Mifflin Township | under 2% | C | D | 25 min | $65,865 |
| Pine Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gallagher Township, Watson Township, Cogan House Township, McHenry Township and Pine Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Watson Township. Darker towns draw more of Cummings 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 Cummings Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cummings Township?
$72,813 (±$12,035) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cummings Township?
6.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cummings Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cummings Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (14%, 17 mi), Lock Haven (6%, 16 mi), Castanea Township (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cummings 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 Cummings Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cummings 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.