Photo: Hshuvaeva · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Lansford earn less than those in 93% of U.S. towns
Lansford grades D− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Poverty touches 23.8% of residents, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Only 3% work in Lansford; the top destination outside it is Rush Township (5%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lansford at work: what stands out
Lansford workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Lansford than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Lansford fell from 460 in 2014 to 265 in 2024, −42%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Lansford is a place people come home to
There are 265 jobs based in Lansford, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lansford has about 2,800 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lansford
Job access by car holds Lansford’s grade up (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (21.2%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lansford could be anywhere from D− to D.
Each way, about 44 minutes from Lansford
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lansford workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,226 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.
Jobs in Lansford: what the 265 are
265 jobs are based in Lansford.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lansford, 2014 → 2024: 460 → 265. 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 Lansford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Lansford, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,570 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Lansford on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Lansford’s residents
Where Lansford clocks in
5% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Where in the region Lansford works
About 24% 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.
Most trips from Lansford start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lansford is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #586 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,351 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). 15.7% of Lansford households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lansford’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Lansford sits among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,933 | San Andreas CA | 2,979 | $52K | 28.1% | 6.5% | 13% | D− |
| 3,934 | Citronelle AL | 3,897 | $44K | 22.5% | 10.0% | 13% | D− |
| 3,935 | Lansford PA | 4,123 | $45K | 23.8% | 21.2% | 3% | D− |
| 3,936 | Honea Path SC | 3,950 | $33K | 33.6% | 15.5% | 4% | D− |
| 3,937 | Mathis TX | 4,312 | $35K | 29.5% | 10.4% | 20% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Lansford, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Lansford and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lansford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansford | – | D− | B− | 44 min | $44,713 |
| Summit Hill | under 3% | D | C+ | 38 min | $65,268 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lansford’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 Lansford: questions
What is the median household income in Lansford?
$44,713 (±$5,323) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lansford?
23.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lansford?
44 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lansford work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rush Township (5%, 5 mi), Nesquehoning (3%, 4 mi), Philadelphia (3%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lansford walkable?
Lansford is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lansford 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 Lansford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lansford
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.