How Drifting works: jobs, income and commuting
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in Drifting itself; outside it, Morris Township draws the most (17%, 7 miles). Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Drifting, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 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.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Drifting to work: where people go
Where Drifting clocks in
17% of workers
13% of workers
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.
Drifting works in goods: 100% of its jobs
17 jobs are based in Drifting.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Drifting, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 17. 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 Drifting’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Drifting
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Drifting workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 commuters (the 0% 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 Drifting, by distance
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.
Work in the towns next to Drifting
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Drifting workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drifting | – | — | — | 30 min | $113,824 |
| Grassflat | under 5% | — | — | 45 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grassflat: 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 Drifting’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 Drifting: questions
What is the median household income in Drifting?
$113,824 (±$25,022) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Drifting?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Drifting?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Drifting work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morris Township (17%, 7 mi), Decatur Township (13%, 14 mi), DuBois (8%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Drifting without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Drifting, from the people who make the trip.
More of Drifting
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.