Hughestown’s household incomes are higher than in 61% of U.S. towns
Hughestown grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 5.6% of residents live below the poverty line; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. Only 3% work in Hughestown itself; outside it, Scranton draws the most (8%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Hughestown’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hughestown is better than 80% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($84,091, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Hughestown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hughestown could be anywhere from B to A.
A workday in Hughestown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 672 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Hughestown on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Hughestown commutes to
Where Hughestown clocks in
8% 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.
What the 432 jobs in Hughestown are
432 jobs are based in Hughestown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hughestown, 2014 → 2024: 470 → 432. 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 Hughestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Hughestown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hughestown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 654 commuters (the 13% 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.
How far Hughestown goes to work
About 16% 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.
Hughestown is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hughestown is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 753 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). 5.5% of Hughestown households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hughestown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hughestown is 603rd of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 601 | Long Beach MD | 1,849 | $127K | 1.3% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 602 | North Utica IL | 1,334 | $104K | 4.7% | 5.4% | 2% | A− |
| 603 | Hughestown PA | 1,371 | $84K | 5.6% | 5.7% | 3% | A− |
| 604 | Jackson Township IN | 1,022 | $107K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 605 | Descanso CA | 1,590 | $110K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Hughestown, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Hughestown compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Pittston Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hughestown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughestown | – | A− | C+ | 26 min | $84,091 |
| Duryea | under 3% | B− | C+ | 26 min | $62,462 |
| Pittston Township | 5% | A− | B+ | 26 min | $68,702 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hughestown’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 Hughestown: questions
What is the median household income in Hughestown?
$84,091 (±$18,764) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hughestown?
5.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hughestown?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hughestown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (8%, 8 mi), Wilkes-Barre (7%, 8 mi), Plains Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hughestown walkable?
Hughestown is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hughestown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hughestown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hughestown
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.