Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Elco has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Elco has 9 jobs for 114 working residents. Hardly any stay in Elco for work; outside it, Roscoe is the main destination (6%, 1 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; the Pennsylvania average is 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Elco quiets down on a workday
On a workday 114 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Elco on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 people from Elco work
Where Elco clocks in
6% 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.
What Elco’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elco, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 9. 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 Elco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Elco’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elco workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 112 commuters (the 12% 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 Elco goes to work
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 towns next door employ 11% of Elco
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elco workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elco | – | — | — | 25 min | $83,224 |
| Allenport | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Long Branch | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 34 min | $74,844 |
| Roscoe | 6% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Newell | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| California | 5% | D | A | 21 min | $48,606 |
Same-state neighbors only. Allenport, Long Branch, Roscoe and Newell: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Roscoe. Darker towns draw more of Elco’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 Elco: questions
What is the median household income in Elco?
$83,224 (±$10,623) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elco?
20.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elco?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elco work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roscoe (6%, 1 mi), California (5%, 2 mi), Fallowfield Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elco without a car?
4% 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 Elco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elco
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.