Photo: Ron Shawley · CC BY 3.0Most of Jackson Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Jackson Township grades B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Employers in Jackson Township report 555 jobs, against 1,680 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Jackson Township, in brief
Jobs & income in Jackson Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jackson Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #527 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Jackson Township’s grade up (5.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jackson Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Time on the road from Jackson Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jackson Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,848 commuters (the 7% 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.
Who commutes out of Jackson Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,589 residents head out to work, 91 work right here, and 464 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Jackson Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2023, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Johnstown
Where Jackson Township clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Jackson Township: what the 555 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson Township, 2013 → 2023: 463 → 555. 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 Jackson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Jackson Township commutes
About 21% 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.
For most of Jackson Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jackson Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #716 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,986 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). 4.6% of Jackson Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Jackson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Jackson Township next to U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500: 1,462nd of 4,023 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,460 | Adams NY | 4,826 | $79K | 7.3% | 0.6% | 9% | B |
| 1,461 | Dickinson NY | 5,027 | $78K | 8.5% | 3.6% | 11% | B |
| 1,462 | Jackson Township PA | 4,076 | $81K | 5.5% | 3.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,463 | Waterbury VT | 5,434 | $104K | 7.9% | 3.4% | 16% | B |
| 1,464 | Warm Beach WA | 3,442 | $100K | 7.5% | 2.9% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Jackson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 11% of Jackson Township
The biggest share goes to Cambria Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jackson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Township | – | B | C+ | 31 min | $81,414 |
| Blacklick Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 30 min | $57,250 |
| Twin Rocks | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Nanty-Glo | 1% | C | A− | 28 min | $51,604 |
| Vintondale | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Croyle Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 23 min | $59,514 |
| Cambria Township | 10% | B− | C+ | 24 min | $72,822 |
| West Taylor Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| East Wheatfield Township | under 2% | C | D | 32 min | $51,164 |
Same-state neighbors only. Twin Rocks: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Vintondale and West Taylor Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jackson 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 Jackson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jackson Township?
$81,414 (±$4,442) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson Township?
5.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnstown (11%, 8 mi), Cambria Township (10%, 8 mi), Richland Township (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jackson Township walkable?
Jackson Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jackson Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jackson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jackson 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. 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.