Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Lackawannock Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns. Employers in Lackawannock Township report 214 jobs for 852 working residents. Jobs and income earn Lackawannock Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lackawannock Township apart
Income, poverty and work: Lackawannock Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Lackawannock Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Lackawannock Township’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($57,500, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (7.8%) is left out: Lackawannock 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, Lackawannock Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Who commutes out of Lackawannock Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 798 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Lackawannock Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2024, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Hermitage
Where Lackawannock Township clocks in
13% 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.
86% of the jobs in Lackawannock Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lackawannock Township, 2014 → 2024: 270 → 214. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lackawannock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Lackawannock Township takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lackawannock Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 826 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where in the region Lackawannock Township works
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Lackawannock Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lackawannock Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 2.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 903 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). 16.5% of Lackawannock Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lackawannock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lackawannock Township is 3,123rd of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,121 | Beverly Hills TX | 1,835 | $47K | 13.5% | 1.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,122 | Ironwood Township MI | 2,205 | $69K | 12.2% | 2.8% | 8% | C+ |
| 3,123 | Lackawannock Township PA | 2,465 | $58K | 11.1% | 7.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 3,124 | Kilauea HI | 3,146 | $92K | 18.5% | 3.4% | 16% | C+ |
| 3,125 | Mount Holly Springs PA | 2,019 | $65K | 14.0% | 5.8% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Lackawannock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Lackawannock Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Hermitage (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lackawannock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lackawannock Township | – | C+ | C | 22 min | $57,500 |
| East Lackawannock Township | 2% | B+ | C | 25 min | $79,643 |
| Hermitage | 13% | B− | C | 20 min | $70,052 |
| Shenango Township | 2% | B | D | 20 min | $70,139 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 24 min | $67,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lackawannock 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 2024, 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 Lackawannock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lackawannock Township?
$57,500 (±$17,290) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lackawannock Township?
11.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lackawannock Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lackawannock Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (13%, 5 mi), Sharon (5%, 8 mi), West Middlesex (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lackawannock Township walkable?
Lackawannock Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lackawannock Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lackawannock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lackawannock Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.