Factoryville’s household incomes are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns
Factoryville grades C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. The poverty rate is 21.8%, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%. Only 4% work in Factoryville itself; outside it, Scranton draws the most (12%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Factoryville
Many jobs in Factoryville pay little
33% of the jobs based in Factoryville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Factoryville 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. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 429 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Factoryville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Factoryville is better than 15% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Factoryville’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (12.7%) is left out: Factoryville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Factoryville could be anywhere from D to C+.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
415 jobs are based in Factoryville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Factoryville, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 415. 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 Factoryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Factoryville takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Factoryville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 425 commuters (the 17% 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 many people are in Factoryville by day
On a workday 411 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 397 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 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 Factoryville’s working residents head each day
Where Factoryville clocks in
12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Factoryville
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.
Factoryville is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Factoryville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 19.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 509 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). 5.7% of Factoryville households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Factoryville’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,794th of 3,771: where Factoryville ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,792 | Colerain Township PA | 1,134 | $67K | 15.9% | 4.3% | 1% | C− |
| 2,793 | Sheshequin Township PA | 1,284 | $62K | 16.3% | 4.9% | 1% | C− |
| 2,794 | Factoryville PA | 1,089 | $54K | 21.8% | 12.7% | 4% | C− |
| 2,795 | Booker TX | 1,379 | $69K | 15.1% | 5.4% | 22% | C− |
| 2,796 | Falls Township KS | 1,065 | $52K | 9.4% | 1.4% | 24% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Factoryville, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Factoryville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Clinton Township (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Factoryville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factoryville | – | C− | A− | 19 min | $54,028 |
| Clinton Township | 3% | B− | C− | 27 min | $85,729 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Factoryville’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 Factoryville: questions
What is the median household income in Factoryville?
$54,028 (±$13,521) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Factoryville?
21.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Factoryville?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Factoryville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (12%, 12 mi), Mehoopany Township (4%, 16 mi), Clarks Summit (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Factoryville walkable?
Factoryville is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 19% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Factoryville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Factoryville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Factoryville
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. 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.