Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Heath Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. There are 4 jobs in Heath Township for 57 working residents. Only 2% work in Heath Township; the top destination outside it is Snyder Township (11%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Heath Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 56 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 62 people are in Heath Township on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 Heath Township goes to work
Where Heath Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Heath Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 4. 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 Heath Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Heath Township spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Heath Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 3% 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 Heath Township, by distance
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.
How Heath Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Heath Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $51,250 |
| Millstone Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Polk Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Warsaw Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 27 min | $61,176 |
| Barnett Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Eldred Township | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $80,290 |
Same-state neighbors only. Millstone Township, Polk Township and Barnett Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Heath 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 Heath Township: questions
What is the median household income in Heath Township?
$51,250 (±$38,814) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Heath Township?
21.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Heath Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Heath Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Snyder Township (11%, 11 mi), DuBois (9%, 20 mi), Sandy Township (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Heath Township without a car?
6% 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 Heath Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Heath 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.