Where Locust Gap earns its living
Hardly any work in Locust Gap itself; outside it, Mount Carmel Township draws the most (18%, 2 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Locust Gap has 93 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Locust Gap, and who commutes in
On a workday 93 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 95 people are in Locust Gap on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Locust Gap ends
Where Locust Gap clocks in
18% of workers
14% of workers
8% 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.
Working from home in Locust Gap
of Locust Gap workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 74 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from Locust Gap, by distance
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.
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 Locust Gap: questions
What is the poverty rate in Locust Gap?
33.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Locust Gap work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Carmel Township (18%, 2 mi), Mahoning Township (14%, 16 mi), Mount Carmel (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Locust Gap without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Locust Gap, from the people who make the trip.
More of Locust Gap
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.