Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Hegins Township has lower unemployment (1.0%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Hegins Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. 7% of workers have no commute at all; Pennsylvania has 16%. About one in seven work in Hegins Township itself; outside it, Hubley Township draws the most (7%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hegins Township: the figures worth knowing
Inside Hegins Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hegins Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #388 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Hegins Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hegins Township could be anywhere from B to A−.
In Hegins Township, 56% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
986 jobs are based in Hegins Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hegins Township, 2013 → 2023: 866 → 986. 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 Hegins Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Hegins Township on a workday
On a workday 1,253 residents head out to work, 208 work right here, and 778 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Hegins Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 the trip to work from Hegins Township ends
Where Hegins Township clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Commuting from Hegins Township: 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 Hegins Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,873 commuters (the 7% 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 Hegins Township commutes
About 20% 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.
Few in Hegins Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hegins Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #412 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,019 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). 3.2% of Hegins Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hegins Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,007th of 4,269: where Hegins Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 65 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,005 | Ashby MA | 3,274 | $116K | 2.6% | 4.5% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,006 | East Bloomfield NY | 3,614 | $90K | 3.5% | 4.5% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,007 | Hegins Township PA | 3,368 | $93K | 5.5% | 1.0% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,008 | Allegheny Township PA | 2,730 | $91K | 3.1% | 0.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,009 | Oaklyn NJ | 3,985 | $84K | 8.9% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,269 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hegins Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Hegins Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hegins Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hegins Township | – | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $92,861 |
| Hubley Township | 7% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Eldred Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Frailey Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Porter Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 31 min | $72,500 |
| Upper Mahantongo Township | 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Barry Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Williams Township | under 2% | C− | D | 39 min | $78,182 |
| Foster Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hubley Township, Eldred Township, Frailey Township, Upper Mahantongo Township, Barry Township and Foster Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hubley Township. Darker towns draw more of Hegins 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 Hegins Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hegins Township?
$92,861 (±$5,281) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hegins Township?
5.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hegins Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hegins Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hubley Township (7%, 6 mi), Gratz (4%, 11 mi), Pottsville (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hegins Township walkable?
Hegins Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hegins 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 Hegins Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hegins 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. 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.