Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Locust Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Locust Township has 68 jobs; 621 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Locust Township B; getting around on foot earns it D−. 8% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Locust Township
The four measures behind Locust Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Locust Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Locust Township’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Locust 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, Locust Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
A workday in Locust Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 614 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Locust Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
11% of working residents work in Mahoning Township
Where Locust Township clocks in
11% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Making and building: 44% of jobs based in Locust Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Locust Township, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 68. 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 Locust Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Locust Township, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Locust Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 540 commuters (the 8% 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 Township, by distance
About 17% 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.
Getting around Locust Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Locust Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Locust Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 587 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). 2.2% of Locust Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Locust Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Locust Township ranks 1,648th of 6,308 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 13 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,646 | Linton Township IN | 1,254 | $99K | 8.0% | 6.1% | 8% | B |
| 1,647 | Upper Mifflin Township PA | 1,381 | $83K | 8.1% | 2.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,648 | Locust Township PA | 1,456 | $72K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,649 | Manitowoc WI | 1,074 | $82K | 9.4% | 3.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,650 | Temelec CA | 1,628 | $68K | 5.5% | 20.4% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Locust Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Locust Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Locust Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Township | – | B | D− | 26 min | $72,292 |
| Conyngham Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Roaring Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Cleveland Township | under 2% | C | C− | 29 min | $71,923 |
| Catawissa Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Conyngham Township, Roaring Creek Township and Catawissa Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Locust 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 Locust Township: questions
What is the median household income in Locust Township?
$72,292 (±$16,712) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Locust Township?
2.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Locust Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Locust Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (11%, 13 mi), Bloomsburg (6%, 10 mi), Franklin Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Locust Township walkable?
Locust Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Locust Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Locust Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Locust 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.