Foster Brook draws 836 commuters a day, with 1.7 jobs for every working resident
866 jobs are based in Foster Brook; 495 of its residents have a job. Commuters spend 16 minutes getting to work on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. For 8% of workers, the job is at home (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Foster Brook apart on work
Foster Brook is where the jobs are
Foster Brook has 866 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Foster Brook and Bradford trade workers both ways
Bradford is the top workplace for Foster Brook residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Foster Brook come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Foster Brook
62% of Foster Brook residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Foster Brook pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 495 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Foster Brook
On a workday 465 residents head out to work and 30 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in Foster Brook on a workday afternoon, 39% more than live here.
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 Foster Brook’s workforce comes from
Where Foster Brook clocks in
29% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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 kinds of work in Foster Brook
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Foster Brook, 2013 → 2023: 869 → 866. 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 Foster Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Foster Brook, about 16 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Foster Brook workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 451 commuters (the 8% 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.
Foster Brook’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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Foster Brook and its neighbors: 29% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Foster Brook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Brook | – | — | — | 16 min | $98,049 |
| Bradford | 29% | C− | A | 15 min | $56,161 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bradford. Darker towns draw more of Foster Brook’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 Foster Brook: questions
What is the median household income in Foster Brook?
$98,049 (±$19,664) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Foster Brook?
8.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Foster Brook?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Foster Brook work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bradford (29%, 2 mi), Bradford Township (13%, 6 mi), Foster Township (9%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Foster Brook 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 Foster Brook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Foster Brook
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.