Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Hubley Township, and the trip to work
The average commute takes 25 minutes each way, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26. 6% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. There are 488 jobs in Hubley Township, and 374 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Hubley Township apart
Hubley Township makes and builds things
85% of the jobs based in Hubley Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hubley Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Hubley Township and Hegins Township trade workers both ways
Hegins Township is the top workplace for Hubley Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Hubley Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Hubley Township pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Hubley Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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 374 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods jobs make up 85% of work in Hubley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hubley Township, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 488. 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 Hubley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
18% of working residents work in Hegins Township
Where Hubley Township clocks in
18% 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.
How a workday changes Hubley Township
On a workday 359 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 473 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Hubley Township on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Hubley Township: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hubley Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 6% 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 Hubley Township
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.
Next door is work for 18% of Hubley Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hubley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubley Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $71,932 |
| Upper Mahantongo Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Hegins Township | 18% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $92,861 |
Same-state neighbors only. Upper Mahantongo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hegins Township. Darker towns draw more of Hubley 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 Hubley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hubley Township?
$71,932 (±$23,254) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hubley Township?
3.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hubley Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hubley Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hegins Township (18%, 6 mi), Gratz (4%, 6 mi), Pottsville (3%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hubley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hubley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hubley 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.