Litchfield Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Litchfield Township for work; outside it, Sayre is the main destination (13%, 5 miles). 33 jobs are based in Litchfield Township for 522 working residents. The two grades for Litchfield Township are C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Litchfield Township: the figures worth knowing
Income, poverty and work: Litchfield Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Litchfield Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Litchfield Township’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (12.7%) is left out: Litchfield 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, Litchfield Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Litchfield Township
On a workday 520 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Litchfield Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Litchfield Township ends
Where Litchfield Township clocks in
13% 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.
Jobs in Litchfield Township: what the 33 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Litchfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 33. 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 Litchfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Litchfield Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Litchfield Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 465 commuters (the 12% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Litchfield Township
About 26% 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.
In Litchfield Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Litchfield Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 527 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Litchfield Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Litchfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Litchfield Township comes 2,243rd 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
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| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,241 | Boone Township IN | 1,329 | $54K | 4.5% | 3.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,242 | Frenchcreek Township PA | 1,393 | $69K | 7.5% | 1.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,243 | Litchfield Township PA | 1,267 | $71K | 7.5% | 12.7% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,244 | Stewartville AL | 1,629 | $88K | 11.0% | 6.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,245 | Henderson NE | 1,097 | $83K | 10.3% | 0.7% | 12% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Litchfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Litchfield Township
The biggest share goes to Athens Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Litchfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield Township | – | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $70,982 |
| Athens Township | 6% | C | B | 22 min | $72,237 |
| Rome Township | 2% | B | D | 27 min | $90,769 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Litchfield 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 Litchfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Litchfield Township?
$70,982 (±$11,601) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Litchfield Township?
7.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Litchfield Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Litchfield Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sayre (13%, 5 mi), Wysox Township (8%, 10 mi), Athens Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Litchfield Township walkable?
Litchfield Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Litchfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Litchfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Litchfield 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.