Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0Earning a living in Hydetown
The average commute takes 32 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. Only 1% work in Hydetown itself; outside it, Titusville draws the most (36%, 3 miles). There are 116 jobs in Hydetown for 201 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hydetown
Hydetown and Titusville trade workers both ways
Titusville is the top workplace for Hydetown residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Hydetown come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hydetown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 201 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Hydetown to work: where people go
Where Hydetown clocks in
36% 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.
From Hydetown, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hydetown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 162 commuters (the 12% 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.
Hydetown quiets down on a workday
On a workday 198 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Hydetown on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.58 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 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Hydetown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hydetown, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 116. 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 Hydetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Hydetown commutes
About 17% 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.
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 Hydetown: questions
What is the median household income in Hydetown?
$54,464 (±$10,235) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hydetown?
11.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hydetown?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hydetown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Titusville (36%, 3 mi), Meadville (4%, 22 mi), Oil City (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hydetown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hydetown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hydetown
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.