Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0A job hub: Lewis Run has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 419 people come in to work
Employers in Lewis Run report 427 jobs for 218 working residents. Only 4% work in Lewis Run; the top destination outside it is Bradford (30%, 6 miles). 4% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lewis Run
Lewis Run makes and builds things
81% of the jobs based in Lewis Run are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lewis Run residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Lewis Run and Bradford trade workers both ways
Bradford is the top workplace for Lewis Run residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Lewis Run come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Lewis Run residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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; with 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods, not services: 81% of the jobs in Lewis Run
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lewis Run, 2014 → 2024: 634 → 427. 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 Lewis Run’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Lewis Run, and from where
Where Lewis Run clocks in
30% of workers
20% of workers
5% 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 commute from Lewis Run, by distance
About 23% 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.
How a workday changes Lewis Run
On a workday 210 residents head out to work and 8 work right here.
About 760 people are in Lewis Run on a workday afternoon, 38% more 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.
How long Lewis Run spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lewis Run workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 267 commuters (the 4% 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.
20% of Lewis Run works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lewis Run workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Run | – | — | — | 17 min | $73,523 |
| Bradford Township | 20% | B+ | B+ | 14 min | $90,243 |
| Lafayette Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 31 min | $66,700 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bradford Township. Darker towns draw more of Lewis Run’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 Lewis Run: questions
What is the median household income in Lewis Run?
$73,523 (±$11,696) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lewis Run?
7.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lewis Run?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lewis Run work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bradford (30%, 6 mi), Bradford Township (20%, 4 mi), Foster Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lewis Run without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lewis Run, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lewis Run
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.