Photo: User:Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Hepburn Township works elsewhere
236 jobs are based in Hepburn Township, and 1,057 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Hepburn Township are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% work in Hepburn Township; the top destination outside it is Williamsport (29%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hepburn Township, in brief
Hepburn Township and Williamsport trade workers both ways
Williamsport is the top workplace for Hepburn Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Hepburn Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hepburn Township is a place people come home to
There are 236 jobs based in Hepburn Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hepburn Township has about 1,700 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Hepburn Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Hepburn Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hepburn Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #369 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Hepburn Township’s grade up (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% 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, Hepburn Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Commuting out of Hepburn Township: the destinations
Where Hepburn Township clocks in
29% of workers
8% of workers
2% 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 a workday changes Hepburn Township
On a workday 1,024 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Hepburn Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Hepburn Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hepburn Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,045 commuters (the 12% 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.
Jobs in Hepburn Township: what the 236 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hepburn Township, 2014 → 2024: 296 → 236. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hepburn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hepburn Township’s commute, mile by mile
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Hepburn Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hepburn Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #809 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,190 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). 4.3% of Hepburn Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hepburn Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hepburn Township is 937th of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 935 | Chapel Hill TN | 1,905 | $75K | 4.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A− |
| 936 | Seneca NY | 2,591 | $91K | 6.2% | 0.8% | 7% | A− |
| 937 | Hepburn Township PA | 2,534 | $81K | 4.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A− |
| 938 | Middlesex VT | 1,842 | $110K | 3.8% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
| 939 | Centerville CA | 1,954 | $123K | 4.3% | 5.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Hepburn Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Hepburn Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Loyalsock Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hepburn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hepburn Township | – | A− | C | 20 min | $81,488 |
| Lycoming Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 24 min | $71,563 |
| Lewis Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Eldred Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 29 min | $99,464 |
| Loyalsock Township | 8% | C | B+ | 15 min | $59,491 |
| Gamble Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lewis Township and Gamble Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hepburn 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 2024, 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 Hepburn Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hepburn Township?
$81,488 (±$25,662) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hepburn Township?
4.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hepburn Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hepburn Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (29%, 6 mi), Loyalsock Township (8%, 5 mi), Fairfield Township (2%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hepburn Township walkable?
Hepburn Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hepburn Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hepburn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hepburn Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.