Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Horton Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns. Employers in Horton Township report 93 jobs; 578 of its residents have a job. Horton Township grades C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Horton Township in brief
Horton Township and St. Marys trade workers both ways
St. Marys is the top workplace for Horton Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Horton Township come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Horton Township is a place people come home to
There are 93 jobs based in Horton Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Horton Township has about 820 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Horton Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 578 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Horton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Horton Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Horton Township’s grade up (7.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Horton Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Horton Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
29% of working residents work in St. Marys
Where Horton Township clocks in
29% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Horton Township
On a workday 570 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Horton Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Horton Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 591 commuters (the 2% 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.
Horton Township makes things: 57% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Horton Township, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 93. 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 Horton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Horton Township commutes
About 19% 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.
The commute in Horton Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Horton Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Horton Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 601 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). 4.8% of Horton Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Horton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Horton Township ranks: 3,482nd of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,480 | Reeder Township MI | 1,215 | $69K | 11.1% | 10.5% | 2% | C− |
| 3,481 | Beaugrand Township MI | 1,093 | $62K | 8.3% | 1.4% | 1% | C− |
| 3,482 | Horton Township PA | 1,309 | $54K | 7.4% | 1.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,483 | Jones Township PA | 1,530 | $68K | 10.8% | 3.6% | 9% | C− |
| 3,484 | Monroe Township PA | 1,469 | $67K | 14.9% | 1.4% | 11% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Horton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
29% of Horton Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Fox Township (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Horton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horton Township | – | C− | D− | 23 min | $54,000 |
| Ridgway Township | 9% | B | C− | 21 min | $76,691 |
| Snyder Township | 3% | C− | C− | 17 min | $69,886 |
| Fox Township | 14% | B | C− | 20 min | $74,934 |
| Huston Township | under 2% | D | B− | 27 min | $61,173 |
| Sandy Township | 3% | C | B− | 20 min | $79,365 |
| Spring Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spring Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Horton 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 Horton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Horton Township?
$54,000 (±$21,890) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Horton Township?
7.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Horton Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Horton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Marys (29%, 15 mi), Fox Township (14%, 5 mi), Ridgway Township (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Horton Township walkable?
Horton Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Horton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Horton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Horton 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.