Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Homer Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For 8% of workers, the job is at home (Pennsylvania 16%). There are 18 jobs in Homer Township for 147 working residents. Only 2% work in Homer Township itself; outside it, Coudersport draws the most (13%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Homer Township
On a workday 144 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Homer Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Homer Township’s working residents head each day
Where Homer Township clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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.
72% of the jobs in Homer Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Homer Township, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 18. 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 Homer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Homer Township’s commute takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Homer Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 196 commuters (the 8% 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 Homer 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.
Homer Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Eulalia Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Homer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Township | – | — | — | 37 min | $74,471 |
| Sylvania Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Eulalia Township | 7% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Summit Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Keating Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sylvania Township, Summit Township and Keating Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Eulalia Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Homer 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 Homer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Homer Township?
$74,471 (±$8,247) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Homer Township?
1.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Homer Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Homer Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coudersport (13%, 6 mi), Austin (7%, 5 mi), Eulalia Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Homer Township without a car?
0% 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 Homer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Homer 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.