Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Delano Township
Only 2% stay in Delano Township for work; outside it, Hazle Township is the main destination (10%, 8 miles). 7% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Delano Township
On a workday 149 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 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.
Where Delano Township’s working residents head each day
Where Delano Township clocks in
8% 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.
Delano Township works in goods: 87% of its jobs
119 jobs are based in Delano Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delano Township, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 119. 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 Delano Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Delano Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delano Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 commuters (the 7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Delano Township
About 17% 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.
Next door to Delano Township
The biggest share goes to Rush Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delano Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delano Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $62,500 |
| Kline Township | under 2% | C− | D | 21 min | $53,125 |
| Rush Township | 8% | C | B− | 36 min | $76,392 |
| Grier City | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Mahanoy Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 29 min | $59,474 |
| Ryan Township | under 2% | B | D | 28 min | $91,176 |
Same-state neighbors only. Grier City: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Delano 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 Delano Township: questions
What is the median household income in Delano Township?
$62,500 (±$29,512) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delano Township?
4.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delano Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delano Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hazle Township (10%, 8 mi), Rush Township (8%, 4 mi), West Hazleton (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Delano Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delano Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delano 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.