Photo: User:Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Garden View
Working residents average 17 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. Only 4% stay in Garden View for work; outside it, Williamsport is the main destination (35%, 1 miles). 897 jobs are based in Garden View, against 1,181 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Garden View
A lot of Garden View works one town over
44% of working residents work in a town that borders Garden View: Williamsport (35%) and Loyalsock Township (9%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Garden View are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in Garden View are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Garden View pay little
28% of the jobs based in Garden View pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
A commute of about 17 minutes in Garden View
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garden View workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,113 commuters (the 15% 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.
Jobs in Garden View: what the 897 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garden View, 2013 → 2023: 979 → 897. 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 Garden View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Garden View, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,135 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 851 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Garden View on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 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.
Commuting out of Garden View: the destinations
Where Garden View clocks in
35% of workers
9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Garden View
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.
Work next door: 44% of Garden View’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Garden View workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden View | – | — | — | 17 min | $52,222 |
| Loyalsock Township | 9% | C | B+ | 15 min | $59,491 |
| Williamsport | 35% | C− | A | 16 min | $48,851 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Williamsport. Darker towns draw more of Garden View’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 Garden View: questions
What is the median household income in Garden View?
$52,222 (±$12,593) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garden View?
17.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garden View?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garden View work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (35%, 1 mi), Loyalsock Township (9%, 4 mi), Old Lycoming Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Garden View without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Garden View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garden View
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.