Photo: Clint · CC BY-SA 2.0Huston Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% stay in Huston Township for work; outside it, DuBois is the main destination (25%, 11 miles). 135 jobs are based in Huston Township, and 497 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Huston Township are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Huston Township
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Huston Township
On income, poverty and job access, Huston Township is better than 14% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Huston Township’s grade.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Huston Township’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, Huston Township could be anywhere from D to C−.
The daily flow of workers through Huston Township
On a workday 488 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Huston Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where the trip to work from Huston Township ends
Where Huston Township clocks in
25% of workers
4% 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 Huston Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huston Township, 2014 → 2024: 106 → 135. 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.
Commuting from Huston Township: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 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 513 commuters (the 17% 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 Huston Township
About 24% 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.
The commute in Huston Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Huston Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 617 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). 2.5% 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 next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 3,695th of 4,866 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,693 | Los Indios TX | 1,059 | $45K | 19.4% | 7.2% | 1% | D |
| 3,694 | Hurt VA | 1,234 | $59K | 16.7% | 2.5% | 3% | D |
| 3,695 | Huston Township PA | 1,232 | $61K | 14.7% | 1.7% | 2% | D |
| 3,696 | Ryegate VT | 1,131 | $66K | 14.5% | 1.6% | 5% | D |
| 3,697 | Snead AL | 1,052 | $49K | 14.8% | 1.3% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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.
Huston Township and its neighbors: 15% work next door
The biggest share goes to Sandy Township (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Huston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huston Township | – | D | B− | 27 min | $61,173 |
| Sandy Township | 12% | C | B− | 20 min | $79,365 |
| Lawrence Township | 3% | C− | B+ | 21 min | $62,371 |
| Fox Township | under 2% | B | C− | 20 min | $74,934 |
| Horton Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 23 min | $54,000 |
| Pine Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pine Township and Union 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?
$61,173 (±$4,120) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huston Township?
14.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huston Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huston Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DuBois (25%, 11 mi), Sandy Township (12%, 9 mi), St. Marys (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Huston Township walkable?
Huston Township is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Huston Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.