Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Hookstown commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hookstown has 5 jobs, and 37 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Hookstown; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (16%, 28 miles). 29% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Hookstown by day
On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97 people are in Hookstown on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Hookstown’s working residents head each day
Where Hookstown clocks in
16% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
What Hookstown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hookstown, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 5. 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 Hookstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Hookstown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hookstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 commuters (the 29% 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.
Where in the region Hookstown works
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.
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 Hookstown: questions
What is the median household income in Hookstown?
$98,750 (±$41,131) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hookstown?
2.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hookstown?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hookstown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (16%, 28 mi), Moon Township (11%, 15 mi), Georgetown (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hookstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hookstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hookstown
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.