Photo: Gerry Dincher · CC BY-SA 2.0Limestone Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Limestone Township itself; outside it, Kelly Township draws the most (10%, 9 miles). Limestone Township has 238 jobs, and 773 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Limestone Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Limestone Township: the figures worth knowing
How Limestone Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Limestone Township’s grade up ($88,281, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Limestone Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Limestone Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
From Limestone Township, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Limestone Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 664 commuters (the 22% 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.
Limestone Township by day and by night
On a workday 760 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Limestone Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where the trip to work from Limestone Township ends
Where Limestone Township clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
In Limestone Township, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Limestone Township, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 238. 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 Limestone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Limestone Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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 Limestone Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 851 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). 13.0% of Limestone Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Limestone Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Limestone Township places 2,052nd of 5,760 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 37 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,050 | Altamont IL | 2,186 | $76K | 15.1% | 0.3% | 15% | B− |
| 2,051 | Mount Haley Township MI | 1,600 | $77K | 8.0% | 8.0% | <1% | B− |
| 2,052 | Limestone Township PA | 1,739 | $88K | 9.3% | 1.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,053 | West Traverse Township MI | 1,740 | $94K | 6.8% | 4.6% | 4% | B− |
| 2,054 | Diamond Ridge AK | 1,329 | $88K | 3.9% | 2.3% | — | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Limestone Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 12% of Limestone Township
The biggest share goes to Mifflinburg (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Limestone Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Township | – | B− | B | 20 min | $88,281 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 22 min | $72,171 |
| New Berlin | 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Center Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 20 min | $70,298 |
| Mifflinburg | 7% | B− | A− | 18 min | $67,391 |
| Penns Creek | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Buffalo Township | 3% | B | D | 19 min | $66,781 |
| West Buffalo Township | under 2% | B | B | 21 min | $79,095 |
| Lewis Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 29 min | $63,590 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $89,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. New Berlin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Penns Creek: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Limestone 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 Limestone Township: questions
What is the median household income in Limestone Township?
$88,281 (±$15,375) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Limestone Township?
9.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Limestone Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Limestone Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kelly Township (10%, 9 mi), Mifflinburg (7%, 2 mi), Lewisburg (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Limestone Township walkable?
Limestone Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Limestone Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Limestone Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Limestone 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.