Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Delmar Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Delmar Township report 243 jobs; 921 of its residents have a job. Delmar Township grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 4% stay in Delmar Township for work; outside it, Wellsboro is the main destination (30%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Delmar Township in brief
A lot of Delmar Township works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Delmar Township: Wellsboro (30%) and Charleston Township (5%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Delmar Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Delmar Township fell from 566 in 2013 to 243 in 2023, −57%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Delmar Township is a place people come home to
There are 243 jobs based in Delmar Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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; with 921 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Delmar Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Delmar Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns, #734 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Delmar Township’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Delmar Township could be anywhere from C to B.
In Delmar Township, 28% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delmar Township, 2013 → 2023: 566 → 243. 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 Delmar Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Delmar Township
On a workday 881 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Delmar Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 the trip to work from Delmar Township ends
Where Delmar Township clocks in
30% 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.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Delmar Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delmar Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,067 commuters (the 10% 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.
Miles to work from Delmar Township
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.
The commute in Delmar Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Delmar Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #720 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,180 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). 5.1% of Delmar Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Delmar Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Delmar Township is 2,474th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 65 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,472 | Walnut Township OH | 3,115 | $101K | 22.0% | 4.4% | 1% | B− |
| 2,473 | Richland Township OH | 2,641 | $65K | 12.8% | 2.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,474 | Delmar Township PA | 2,796 | $64K | 7.5% | 2.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,475 | Meadowbrook CA | 2,627 | $56K | 17.1% | 2.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,476 | Valley Forge TN | 2,136 | $55K | 15.1% | 1.9% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Delmar Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
35% of Delmar Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delmar Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delmar Township | – | B− | C+ | 23 min | $64,048 |
| Elk Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Wellsboro | 30% | C− | A | 16 min | $66,201 |
| Charleston Township | 5% | B | C+ | 18 min | $72,595 |
| Duncan Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Shippen Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Morris Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Chatham Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Middlebury Township | under 2% | C | C | 26 min | $62,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Elk Township, Duncan Township, Shippen Township, Morris Township and Chatham Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wellsboro. Darker towns draw more of Delmar 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 Delmar Township: questions
What is the median household income in Delmar Township?
$64,048 (±$4,766) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delmar Township?
7.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delmar Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delmar Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wellsboro (30%, 3 mi), Charleston Township (5%, 7 mi), Mansfield (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Delmar Township walkable?
Delmar Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delmar Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delmar Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delmar 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. 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.