Photo: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Frackville works elsewhere
Employers in Frackville report 510 jobs, against 1,818 working residents. Frackville grades C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Frackville: the gist
The better-paid jobs are outside Frackville
64% of Frackville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Frackville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Frackville is a place people come home to
There are 510 jobs based in Frackville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Frackville has about 2,600 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Frackville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Frackville fell from 710 in 2014 to 510 in 2024, −28%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Frackville pay little
27% of the jobs based in Frackville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Frackville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Frackville is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #836 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Frackville’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Frackville could be anywhere from C− to B.
Jobs in Frackville: what the 510 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frackville, 2014 → 2024: 710 → 510. 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 Frackville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Frackville by day and by night
On a workday 1,728 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 420 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Frackville on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
8% of working residents work in Pottsville
Where Frackville clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
About 25 minutes each way for Frackville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frackville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,285 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.
How far it is to work from Frackville
About 17% 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.
Few in Frackville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frackville is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #446 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 1,385 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). 5.5% of Frackville households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Frackville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,364 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,300, Frackville comes 2,971st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,969 | Eagar AZ | 4,459 | $83K | 14.9% | 3.2% | 11% | C |
| 2,970 | New Cordell OK | 2,746 | $73K | 10.0% | 4.4% | 27% | C |
| 2,971 | Frackville PA | 3,893 | $57K | 18.8% | 3.0% | 5% | C |
| 2,972 | Lebanon VA | 3,075 | $53K | 17.8% | 0.5% | 16% | C |
| 2,973 | Lancaster NH | 3,218 | $69K | 16.7% | 1.9% | 26% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Frackville, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Frackville: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Butler Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frackville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frackville | – | C | B+ | 25 min | $56,866 |
| West Mahanoy Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 22 min | $85,471 |
| Englewood | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Altamont | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Butler Township | 4% | B− | D | 31 min | $79,730 |
Same-state neighbors only. Englewood and Altamont: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Frackville’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 Frackville: questions
What is the median household income in Frackville?
$56,866 (±$5,740) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frackville?
18.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frackville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frackville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (8%, 7 mi), Butler Township (4%, 5 mi), Cass Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Frackville walkable?
Frackville is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frackville 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 Frackville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frackville
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.