Most of Huston Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 88 jobs in Huston Township, and 537 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Huston Township are C for jobs and income and D for walkability. Home is the office for 4% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Huston Township: the gist
Huston Township is a place people come home to
There are 88 jobs based in Huston Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Huston Township has about 860 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Huston Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 537 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Huston Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Huston Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Huston Township’s grade up ($81,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Huston 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, Huston Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Who leaves Huston Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 529 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Huston Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2024, primary jobs.
From Huston Township, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huston Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 755 commuters (the 4% 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.
21% of working residents work in College Township
Where Huston Township clocks in
21% of workers
10% 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.
44% of the jobs in Huston Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huston Township, 2014 → 2024: 107 → 88. 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 Huston Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Huston 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Huston Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Huston Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 789 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.9% of Huston Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Huston Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Huston Township is 2,805th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,803 | Pilot Rock OR | 1,320 | $89K | 10.1% | 6.5% | 8% | C |
| 2,804 | Waterville WA | 1,156 | $79K | 7.8% | 2.9% | 13% | C |
| 2,805 | Huston Township PA | 1,306 | $81K | 11.2% | 4.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,806 | Lillian AL | 1,460 | $52K | 0.6% | 0.0% | 2% | C |
| 2,807 | Lucasville OH | 1,527 | $64K | 8.4% | 0.0% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Huston Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Huston Township
The biggest share goes to Patton Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Huston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huston Township | – | C | D | 26 min | $81,250 |
| Patton Township | 5% | A− | A+ | 18 min | $83,656 |
| Union Township | under 2% | B | D− | 27 min | $88,500 |
| Rush Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 30 min | $75,732 |
| Worth Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Worth Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Huston 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 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 Huston Township: questions
What is the median household income in Huston Township?
$81,250 (±$15,690) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huston Township?
11.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huston Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huston Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (21%, 9 mi), State College (10%, 8 mi), Bellefonte (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Huston Township walkable?
Huston Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Huston Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Huston Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huston Township
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.