Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Little Meadows commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average; the Pennsylvania average is 26, the U.S. 26. Little Meadows has 31 jobs, against 89 working residents. Hardly any work in Little Meadows; the top destination outside it is Union (9%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Little Meadows
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Little Meadows on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where Little Meadows’ working residents head each day
Where Little Meadows clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
What Little Meadows’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Little Meadows, 2014 → 2024: 33 → 31. 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 Little Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Little Meadows
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Little Meadows workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 commuters (the 18% 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 Little Meadows
About 39% 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.
Little Meadows and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Little Meadows workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Meadows | – | — | — | 22 min | $57,500 |
| Apolacon Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Apolacon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Little Meadows’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 Little Meadows: questions
What is the median household income in Little Meadows?
$57,500 (±$20,318) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Little Meadows?
13.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Little Meadows?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Little Meadows work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Union (9%, 11 mi), Bridgewater Township (8%, 18 mi), New York City (6%, 146 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Little Meadows without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Little Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Little Meadows
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.