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There are 54 jobs in Juniata Township; 615 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Juniata Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (C+). Hardly any stay in Juniata Township for work; outside it, Harrisburg is the main destination (7%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Juniata Township, in brief
Juniata Township is a place people come home to
There are 54 jobs based in Juniata Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Juniata Township has about 1,000 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Juniata Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 92 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 615 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Juniata Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Juniata Township’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Juniata 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, Juniata Township could be anywhere from B to B+.
Who works in Juniata Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 614 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Juniata Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
About 38 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Juniata Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 662 commuters (the 16% 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.
Commuting out of Juniata Township: the destinations
Where Juniata Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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 Juniata Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Juniata Township, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 54. 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 Juniata Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Juniata Township to work
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.
Most trips from Juniata Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 786 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). 2.6% of Juniata Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Juniata Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Juniata Township ranks 1,141st of 5,794 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,139 | Lake Mary Township MN | 1,185 | $103K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,140 | Washington Township OH | 1,268 | $105K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,141 | Juniata Township PA | 1,562 | $92K | 2.0% | 1.3% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,142 | Knowlton WI | 2,003 | $93K | 6.3% | 1.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,143 | Woodacre CA | 1,627 | $232K | 9.0% | 2.8% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Juniata Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Juniata Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Juniata Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniata Township | – | B+ | C+ | 38 min | $91,522 |
| Centre Township | under 3% | A− | D | 36 min | $90,243 |
| Tuscarora Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 29 min | $84,323 |
| Oliver Township | under 3% | B | C | 28 min | $91,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Juniata 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 Juniata Township: questions
What is the median household income in Juniata Township?
$91,522 (±$11,434) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Juniata Township?
2.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Juniata Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Juniata Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (7%, 22 mi), Newport (5%, 4 mi), Hampden Township (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Juniata Township walkable?
Juniata Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Juniata Township without a car?
1% 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 Juniata Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Juniata 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.