Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0Driftwood at work: jobs, income and the commute
0% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%. Hardly any work in Driftwood itself; outside it, Emporium draws the most (21%, 13 miles). Commuters spend 42 minutes getting to work on average; the Pennsylvania average is 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Driftwood
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Driftwood on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Driftwood commutes to
Where Driftwood clocks in
21% of workers
16% 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.
Most jobs in Driftwood are in services
24 jobs are based in Driftwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Driftwood, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 24. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Driftwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 42 minutes from Driftwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Driftwood workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 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.
Driftwood’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Driftwood: questions
What is the median household income in Driftwood?
$30,500 (±$8,607) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Driftwood?
6.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Driftwood?
42 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Driftwood work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporium (21%, 13 mi), St. Marys (16%, 22 mi), Eulalia Township (11%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Driftwood 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 Driftwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Driftwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.