Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Grove Township works elsewhere
4% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania. There are 19 jobs in Grove Township for 43 working residents. Hardly any work in Grove Township itself; outside it, Emporium draws the most (40%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Grove Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 78 people are in Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The places Grove Township commutes to
Where Grove Township clocks in
40% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
In Grove Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grove Township, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 19. 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 Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Grove Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grove Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 4% 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.
The commute from Grove Township, by distance
About 16% 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.
Grove Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $56,667 |
| Lumber Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Gibson Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Wharton Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| East Keating Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| West Keating Township | under 3% | — | — | 77 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lumber Township, Gibson Township, Wharton Township, East Keating Township and West Keating Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grove 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 Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grove Township?
$56,667 (±$31,617) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grove Township?
2.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grove Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grove Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporium (40%, 12 mi), St. Marys (7%, 24 mi), Shippen Township (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grove Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grove 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.