Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Flemington are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 7% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Below the poverty line: 17.6% of residents, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Flemington grades C− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Flemington apart on work
Flemington makes and builds things
68% of the jobs based in Flemington are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Flemington residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Flemington is where the jobs are
Flemington has 836 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Flemington and Lock Haven trade workers both ways
Lock Haven is the top workplace for Flemington residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Flemington come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 555 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Flemington
On income, poverty and job access, Flemington is better than 15% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Flemington’s grade up (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,824, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Flemington’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, Flemington could be anywhere from D to C+.
Factories, building and farms: 68% of the jobs in Flemington
836 jobs are based in Flemington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flemington, 2013 → 2023: 920 → 836. 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 Flemington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Flemington by day and by night
On a workday 528 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 809 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Flemington on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Flemington, and from where
Where Flemington clocks in
15% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Getting to work from Flemington takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flemington workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 554 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Flemington
About 23% 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.
In Flemington, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flemington is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 596 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). 8.4% of Flemington households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flemington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Flemington is 3,625th among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,623 | Lovington IL | 1,010 | $56K | 13.9% | 1.1% | 1% | C− |
| 3,624 | Olive Hill KY | 1,536 | $71K | 19.8% | 0.7% | 11% | C− |
| 3,625 | Flemington PA | 1,256 | $54K | 17.6% | 1.8% | 5% | C− |
| 3,626 | Appleton ME | 1,469 | $54K | 9.7% | 1.8% | 6% | C− |
| 3,627 | Davis Township MO | 1,102 | $56K | 9.6% | 3.7% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Flemington, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Flemington and its neighbors: 21% work next door
The biggest share goes to Lock Haven (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flemington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flemington | – | C− | B | 16 min | $53,824 |
| Allison Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lock Haven | 15% | D | A | 18 min | $46,102 |
| Castanea Township | 6% | C | D− | 21 min | $59,545 |
Same-state neighbors only. Allison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Flemington’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 Flemington: questions
What is the median household income in Flemington?
$53,824 (±$11,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flemington?
17.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flemington?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flemington work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lock Haven (15%, 1 mi), Castanea Township (6%, 3 mi), Williamsport (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flemington walkable?
Flemington is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flemington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flemington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flemington
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.