Photo: Gerry Dincher · CC BY-SA 2.0Hartleton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. There are 34 jobs in Hartleton for 101 working residents. Hardly any work in Hartleton; the top destination outside it is Mifflinburg (14%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hartleton by day and by night
On a workday 100 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Hartleton on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 people from Hartleton work
Where Hartleton clocks in
14% of workers
8% 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.
What Hartleton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hartleton, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 34. 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 Hartleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Hartleton: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hartleton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 129 commuters (the 10% 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 many miles Hartleton commutes
About 25% 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.
Hartleton and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Hartley Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hartleton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartleton | – | — | — | 24 min | $82,875 |
| Hartley Township | 8% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $67,356 |
| Lewis Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 29 min | $63,590 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hartleton’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 Hartleton: questions
What is the median household income in Hartleton?
$82,875 (±$13,320) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hartleton?
8.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hartleton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hartleton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mifflinburg (14%, 6 mi), Hartley Township (8%, 6 mi), Kelly Township (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hartleton without a car?
0% 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 Hartleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hartleton
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.