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Jobs & commute in Grassflat

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Grassflat works elsewhere

Employers in Grassflat report 20 jobs for 199 working residents. Hardly any work in Grassflat; the top destination outside it is Morris Township (11%, 7 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

20 jobs based here
Household income
$68K
median · Pennsylvania $78K
Poverty
5.9%
Pennsylvania 11.7%
Unemployment
0.0%
Pennsylvania 5.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
45 min
Pennsylvania 26 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 199 working residents
Work from home
8%
Pennsylvania 16% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How a workday changes Grassflat

On a workday 199 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.

199live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
20work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night470
Workday300
470live here− 200head out to work+ 20come in to work= 300on a workday

About 300 people are in Grassflat on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Grassflat: the destinations

Mayfield HeightsPhilipsburg: 7 residents work here (4%)Clearfield: 5 residents work here (3%)BellefonteCurwensvilleLysanderCollege Township: 12 residents work here (6%)Morris Township: 21 residents work here (11%)Patton Township: 6 residents work here (3%)Snow Shoe TownshipGraham TownshipCooper TownshipDecatur Township: 9 residents work here (5%)Lawrence Township: 10 residents work here (5%)Pike TownshipBradford Township: 13 residents work here (7%)Rush Township: 9 residents work here (5%)Ferguson Township: 8 residents work here (4%)DriftingGrassflatMorris TownshipBradford TownshipCollege TownshipLawrence TownshipDecatur TownshipRush TownshipGrassflat
1
Morris Township6.7 mi away
11%21
2
Bradford Township11.1 mi away
7%13
3
College Township20.3 mi away
6%12
4
Lawrence Township18.9 mi away
5%10
5
Decatur Township13.6 mi away
5%9
6
Rush Township12.9 mi away
5%9
7
Ferguson Township20.2 mi away
4%8
8
Philipsburg9.6 mi away
4%7
9
Patton Township16 mi away
3%6
10
Clearfield17.3 mi away
3%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%99
The top trips

Where Grassflat clocks in

11% of workers
6.7 mi awayMorris Township21 Grassflat residents work here · Jobs & commute →
7% of workers
11.1 mi awayBradford Township13 Grassflat residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6% of workers
20.3 mi awayCollege Township12 Grassflat residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

Jobs in Grassflat: what the 20 are

Jobs based in GrassflatJobs Grassflat residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms10%14%
Trade, transport & utilities80%24%
Services: health, schools, offices10%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less35%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%30%
Over $3,333 a month45%54%

Who does it

29 or younger0%18%
30 to 5475%53%
55 and older25%29%
−64%

Jobs based in Grassflat, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 20. 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 Grassflat’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Grassflat, about 45 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
341 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Grassflat45 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Grassflat workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Grassflat gets to work
96%Drive alone
4%Carpool

Share of the 192 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Grassflat

10 mi25 mi30 miMorris Township: 11% · 6.7 miBradford Township: 7% · 11.1 miCollege Township: 6% · 20.3 miLawrence Township: 5% · 18.9 miDecatur Township: 5% · 13.6 miRush Township: 5% · 12.9 miFerguson Township: 4% · 20.2 miPhilipsburg: 4% · 9.6 miPatton Township: 3% · 16 miClearfield: 3% · 17.3 miMorris Township 11%Bradford Township 7%College Township 6%Lawrence Township 5%Decatur Township 5%Grassflat
GrassflatTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi57 residents
40%10–24 mi79 residents
10%25–50 mi20 residents
22%Over 50 mi43 residents

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

Around Grassflat: the bordering towns

Drifting: few work hereDriftingGrassflat
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Driftingunder 3% of Grassflat

Jobs & commute next door

TownGrassflat workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Grassflat–——45 min$68,224
Driftingunder 3%——30 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Drifting: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Grassflat’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Grassflat: questions

What is the median household income in Grassflat?

$68,224 (±$16,516) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Grassflat?

5.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Grassflat?

45 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Grassflat work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morris Township (11%, 7 mi), Bradford Township (7%, 11 mi), College Township (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Grassflat without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Grassflat, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Grassflat

Grassflat home →
45min commute
HandbookGetting around GrassflatRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in PAShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.