Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Elderton, PA
4% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Only 2% work in Elderton itself; outside it, White Township draws the most (10%, 12 miles). Working residents average 35 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Elderton fills up on a workday
On a workday 124 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Elderton on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 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 the trip to work from Elderton ends
Where Elderton clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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 the 179 jobs in Elderton are
179 jobs are based in Elderton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elderton, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 179. 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 Elderton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Elderton, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elderton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 4% 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.
Half of Elderton commutes less than 18 miles
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.
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 Elderton: questions
What is the median household income in Elderton?
$63,214 (±$6,449) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elderton?
19.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elderton?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elderton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are White Township (10%, 12 mi), Armstrong Township (6%, 6 mi), Indiana (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elderton 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 Elderton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elderton
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.