Hector Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The trip to work takes 41 minutes on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. Employers in Hector Township report 9 jobs, and 119 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Hector Township for work; outside it, Wellsville is the main destination (8%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hector Township by day and by night
On a workday 118 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Hector Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 Hector Township goes to work
Where Hector Township clocks in
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hector Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 9. 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 Hector Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 41 minutes in Hector Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hector Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 127 commuters (the 16% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hector Township
About 29% 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 to Hector Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hector Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Township | – | — | — | 41 min | $51,250 |
| Clymer Township | under 4% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Ulysses Township | under 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Pike Township | under 4% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 4% | D | B | 20 min | $60,859 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clymer Township, Ulysses Township and Pike Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hector 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 Hector Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hector Township?
$51,250 (±$21,698) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hector Township?
16.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hector Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hector Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wellsville (8%, 22 mi), Coudersport (6%, 18 mi), Genesee Township (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hector Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hector Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hector 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.