Photo: Ruhrfisch, Ruhrspouse · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Emlenton
The trip to work takes 40 minutes on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Only 3% stay in Emlenton for work; outside it, Cranberry Township is the main destination (9%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Emlenton and work: the main findings
About 40 minutes to work from Emlenton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Emlenton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 244 commuters (the 5% 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 a workday changes Emlenton
On a workday 243 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Emlenton on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Emlenton work
Where Emlenton 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 Emlenton’s employers do
166 jobs are based in Emlenton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Emlenton, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 166. 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 Emlenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Emlenton
About 25% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Emlenton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Emlenton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emlenton | – | — | — | 40 min | $60,913 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Richland Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Scrubgrass Township | 5% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Richland Township, Richland Township and Scrubgrass Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Scrubgrass Township. Darker towns draw more of Emlenton’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 Emlenton: questions
What is the median household income in Emlenton?
$60,913 (±$3,781) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Emlenton?
11.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Emlenton?
40 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Emlenton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cranberry Township (9%, 13 mi), Franklin (6%, 15 mi), Scrubgrass Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Emlenton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Emlenton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emlenton
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.