Photo: Pubdog · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Jay Township works elsewhere
2% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. 104 jobs are based in Jay Township, and 752 of its residents work somewhere. Jay Township grades C for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Jay Township, in a few figures
A lot of Jay Township works one town over
44% of working residents work in a town that borders Jay Township: St. Marys (34%), Fox Township (7%) and Benezette Township (3%). Next door ↓
Jay Township is a place people come home to
There are 104 jobs based in Jay Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Jay Township has about 1,200 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Jay Township workers work from home
Only 2% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 752 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jay Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jay Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Jay Township’s grade up (7.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jay Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Jay Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 696 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Jay 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 2023, primary jobs.
From Jay Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jay Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 985 commuters (the 2% 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.
34% of working residents work in St. Marys
Where Jay Township clocks in
34% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Jay Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jay Township, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 104. 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 Jay Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Jay Township
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.
Driving is how Jay Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jay Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,006 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). 3.4% of Jay Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jay Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Jay Township is 3,151st of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 36 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,149 | Jackson Township OH | 2,101 | $60K | 18.1% | 8.0% | 9% | C |
| 3,150 | Huston Township PA | 1,306 | $81K | 11.2% | 4.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,151 | Jay Township PA | 1,884 | $67K | 7.2% | 4.8% | 7% | C |
| 3,152 | Lillian AL | 1,460 | $52K | 0.6% | 0.0% | 2% | C |
| 3,153 | Lucasville OH | 1,527 | $64K | 8.4% | 0.0% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Jay Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
44% of Jay Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to St. Marys (34%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Township | – | C | C | 23 min | $67,036 |
| Fox Township | 7% | B | C− | 20 min | $74,934 |
| Benezette Township | 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| St. Marys | 34% | C | C+ | 14 min | $67,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Benezette Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jay 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 Jay Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jay Township?
$67,036 (±$7,574) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jay Township?
7.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jay Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jay Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Marys (34%, 10 mi), Fox Township (7%, 7 mi), DuBois (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jay Township walkable?
Jay Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jay Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jay Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jay 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.