Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 4.0Gibson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. Employers in Gibson Township report 16 jobs; 59 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Gibson Township; the top destination outside it is Emporium (20%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Gibson Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Gibson Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Gibson Township goes to work
Where Gibson Township clocks in
20% of workers
19% of workers
17% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Gibson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gibson Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 16. 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 Gibson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gibson Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 commuters (the 6% 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 Gibson Township
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.
Next door is work for 22% of Gibson Township
The biggest share goes to Shippen Township (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gibson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $43,125 |
| Benezette Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Covington Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Karthaus Township | under 2% | — | — | 47 min | — |
| West Keating Township | under 2% | — | — | 77 min | — |
| Lumber Township | 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Shippen Township | 19% | D | C− | 19 min | $62,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Benezette Township, Grove Township, Covington Township, Karthaus Township, West Keating Township and Lumber Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gibson Township’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 Gibson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gibson Township?
$43,125 (±$23,646) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gibson Township?
2.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gibson Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gibson Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporium (20%, 14 mi), Shippen Township (19%, 15 mi), St. Marys (17%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gibson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gibson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gibson Township
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.