Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Eldred Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The two grades for Eldred Township are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 48 jobs are based in Eldred Township, and 530 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eldred Township and work: the main findings
Eldred Township is a place people come home to
There are 48 jobs based in Eldred Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eldred Township has about 860 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Eldred Township workers cross into New York
30% of Eldred Township workers work outside Pennsylvania, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Olean (10%), Portville (2%) and Olean (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Few Eldred Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 530 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Eldred Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Eldred Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Eldred Township’s grade up ($73,542, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.7%) is left out: Eldred Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eldred Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who works in Eldred Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 525 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Eldred Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2024, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Bradford
Where Eldred Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
The trip to work from Eldred Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eldred Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 688 commuters (the 3% 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.
40% of the jobs in Eldred Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eldred Township, 2014 → 2024: 54 → 48. 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 Eldred Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Eldred Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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.
Getting around Eldred Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eldred Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 707 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). 2.0% of Eldred Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Eldred Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Eldred Township is 3,172nd of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,170 | Springfield Township PA | 1,128 | $66K | 8.0% | 3.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,171 | Mount Pleasant Township PA | 1,463 | $84K | 12.6% | 5.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,172 | Eldred Township PA | 1,341 | $74K | 11.1% | 6.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,173 | Edwardsburg MI | 1,286 | $53K | 18.0% | 2.9% | 6% | C |
| 3,174 | Glen Alpine NC | 1,552 | $70K | 11.0% | 6.7% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Eldred Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Eldred Township
The biggest share goes to Otto Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eldred Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eldred Township | – | C | C+ | 27 min | $73,542 |
| Otto Township | 4% | D | D− | 31 min | $53,214 |
| Keating Township | under 3% | C | D | 22 min | $74,297 |
| Ceres Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ceres Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eldred 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 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 Eldred Township: questions
What is the median household income in Eldred Township?
$73,542 (±$11,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eldred Township?
11.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eldred Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eldred Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bradford (11%, 12 mi), Olean (10%, 11 mi), Bradford Township (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Eldred Township walkable?
Eldred Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eldred Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eldred Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eldred Township
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. 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.