Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Hallstead has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
145 jobs are based in Hallstead for 554 working residents. Jobs and income earn Hallstead C−; getting around on foot earns it A−. Measured by household income, Hallstead is behind 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hallstead: the gist
Hallstead is a place people come home to
There are 145 jobs based in Hallstead, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hallstead has about 760 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Hallstead workers cross into New York
29% of Hallstead workers work outside Pennsylvania, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Binghamton (7%), Conklin (6%) and Union (6%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 554 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Hallstead
On income, poverty and job access, Hallstead is better than 17% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Hallstead’s grade up (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($50,833, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (12.8%) is left out: Hallstead’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hallstead could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who works in Hallstead, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 545 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Hallstead on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
7% of working residents work in Binghamton
Where Hallstead clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
How far it is to work from Hallstead
About 30% 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.
In Hallstead, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hallstead, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 145. 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 Hallstead’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Hallstead’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hallstead workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 395 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Hallstead
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hallstead is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hallstead near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 467 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). 10.3% of Hallstead households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hallstead’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Hallstead ranks 3,098th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,096 | Pierson FL | 1,555 | $57K | 10.2% | 0.0% | 9% | C− |
| 3,097 | Billings MO | 1,182 | $47K | 20.3% | 5.6% | 4% | C− |
| 3,098 | Hallstead PA | 1,167 | $51K | 15.0% | 12.8% | 2% | C− |
| 3,099 | Caldwell Township MI | 1,423 | $54K | 9.0% | 5.8% | 4% | C− |
| 3,100 | Henrietta Township MN | 1,595 | $73K | 15.3% | 4.2% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Hallstead, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
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 Hallstead: questions
What is the median household income in Hallstead?
$50,833 (±$11,585) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hallstead?
15.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hallstead?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hallstead work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Binghamton (7%, 13 mi), Conklin (6%, 7 mi), Great Bend Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hallstead walkable?
Hallstead is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hallstead 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 Hallstead, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hallstead
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. 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.