Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Jackson Center commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. Employers in Jackson Center report 29 jobs; 69 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Jackson Center for work; outside it, Grove City is the main destination (10%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jackson Center on a workday afternoon
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Jackson Center on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where Jackson Center’s working residents head each day
Where Jackson Center clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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 Center: what the 29 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson Center, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 29. 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 Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Jackson Center: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jackson Center workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Jackson Center
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 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 Jackson Center: questions
What is the median household income in Jackson Center?
$56,406 (±$17,733) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson Center?
11.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jackson Center?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jackson Center work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grove City (10%, 8 mi), Hermitage (9%, 16 mi), Pine Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jackson Center 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 Jackson Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jackson Center
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.