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Jobs & commute in Dalmatia

Dalmatia has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any stay in Dalmatia for work; outside it, Lower Mahanoy Township is the main destination (8%, 1 miles). Employers in Dalmatia report 33 jobs, against 176 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Dalmatia: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 176 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.

176live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
33work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night340
Workday200
340live here− 180head out to work+ 33come in to work= 200on a workday

About 200 people are in Dalmatia on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.19jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Dalmatia to work: where people go

AshevilleShamokinHerndonSunburyLititzGratz: 7 residents work here (4%)Philadelphia: 4 residents work here (2%)Upper Mahanoy TownshipLykens Township: 4 residents work here (2%)Rye TownshipUpper Paxton Township: 10 residents work here (6%)Jackson Township: 8 residents work here (5%)Lower Mahanoy Township: 14 residents work here (8%)Mahoning Township: 8 residents work here (5%)Jordan TownshipWashington Township: 5 residents work here (3%)Washington Township: 10 residents work here (6%)Upper Mahantongo Township: 10 residents work here (6%)DalmatiaLower Mahanoy TownshipUpper Paxton TownshipWashington TownshipUpper Mahantongo TownshipJackson TownshipMahoning TownshipDalmatia
26%10
36%10
46%10
5
Jackson Township6.4 mi away
5%8
65%8
7
Gratz10.3 mi away
4%7
83%5
9
Philadelphia103.2 mi away
2%4
10
Lykens Township9.3 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%96
The top trips

Where Dalmatia clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Jobs in Dalmatia: what the 33 are

Jobs based in DalmatiaJobs Dalmatia residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms24%43%
Trade, transport & utilities18%17%
Services: health, schools, offices58%40%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less27%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%20%
Over $3,333 a month33%65%

Who does it

29 or younger27%21%
30 to 5445%52%
55 and older27%27%
+10%

Jobs based in Dalmatia, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 33. 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 Dalmatia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Dalmatia: about 27 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
209 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Dalmatia27 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Dalmatia workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Dalmatia gets to work
69%Drive alone
23%Carpool
2%Transit
6%Other

Share of the 145 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.

How far

The distance from Dalmatia to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLower Mahanoy Township: 8% · 1 miUpper Paxton Township: 6% · 5.3 miWashington Township: 6% · 7.8 miUpper Mahantongo Township: 6% · 15.3 miJackson Township: 5% · 6.4 miMahoning Township: 5% · 27 miGratz: 4% · 10.3 miWashington Township: 3% · 10 miPhiladelphia: 2% · 103.2 miLykens Township: 2% · 9.3 miLower Mahanoy Township 8%Upper Paxton Township 6%Washington Township 6%Jackson Township 5%Dalmatia
DalmatiaTop destinations (size = commuters)
37%Under 10 mi65 residents
29%10–24 mi51 residents
18%25–50 mi32 residents
16%Over 50 mi28 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Dalmatia: questions

What is the median household income in Dalmatia?

$54,583 (±$20,236) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Dalmatia?

15.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Dalmatia?

27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Dalmatia work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lower Mahanoy Township (8%, 1 mi), Upper Paxton Township (6%, 5 mi), Washington Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Dalmatia without a car?

2% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Dalmatia, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Dalmatia

Dalmatia home →

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.