Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Elk Lick Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Elk Lick Township are C for jobs and income and B− for walkability. There are 250 jobs in Elk Lick Township; 860 of its residents have a job. Only 8% work in Elk Lick Township itself; outside it, Grantsville draws the most (12%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Elk Lick Township
Elk Lick Township is a place people come home to
There are 250 jobs based in Elk Lick Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Elk Lick Township has about 1,600 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Elk Lick Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker, and quicker than any town next door (31 to 35 minutes). 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 860 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Elk Lick Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Elk Lick Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Elk Lick Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Elk Lick Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Elk Lick Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 795 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Elk Lick Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
How far Elk Lick Township goes to work
About 34% 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 to work from Elk Lick Township takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elk Lick Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,042 commuters (the 15% 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.
Out of Elk Lick Township to work: where people go
Where Elk Lick Township clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
Elk Lick Township makes things: 61% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elk Lick Township, 2014 → 2024: 276 → 250. 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 Elk Lick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Elk Lick Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elk Lick Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,225 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). 16.2% of Elk Lick Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Elk Lick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Elk Lick Township places 3,714th of 5,641 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 29 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,712 | Antwerp NY | 1,641 | $74K | 9.7% | 7.2% | 1% | C |
| 3,713 | De Kalb NY | 2,336 | $57K | 6.4% | 2.3% | 7% | C |
| 3,714 | Elk Lick Township PA | 2,197 | $71K | 20.2% | 2.5% | 8% | C |
| 3,715 | East Taylor Township PA | 2,344 | $70K | 10.8% | 10.1% | 5% | C |
| 3,716 | Fannett Township PA | 2,498 | $66K | 18.8% | 2.5% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Elk Lick Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Elk Lick Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Summit Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elk Lick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Lick Township | – | C | B− | 19 min | $70,750 |
| Summit Township | 4% | D | C | 31 min | $54,688 |
| Greenville Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Addison Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Addison Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elk Lick 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 Elk Lick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elk Lick Township?
$70,750 (±$14,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elk Lick Township?
20.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elk Lick Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elk Lick Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grantsville (12%, 6 mi), Somerset (5%, 16 mi), Salisbury (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Elk Lick Township walkable?
Elk Lick Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elk Lick Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elk Lick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elk Lick 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.