Photo: Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands · CC BY 2.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Lower Turkeyfoot Township works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Lower Turkeyfoot Township for work; outside it, Somerset is the main destination (13%, 17 miles). There are 67 jobs in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, and 236 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lower Turkeyfoot Township
Lower Turkeyfoot Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Lower Turkeyfoot Township is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lower Turkeyfoot Township has about 370 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Lower Turkeyfoot Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 236 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 43 minutes to work from Lower Turkeyfoot Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lower Turkeyfoot Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 174 commuters (the 4% 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.
A workday in Lower Turkeyfoot Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 232 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Lower Turkeyfoot 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Lower Turkeyfoot Township: the destinations
Where Lower Turkeyfoot Township clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
3% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Lower Turkeyfoot Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, 2014 → 2024: 79 → 67. 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 Lower Turkeyfoot Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Lower Turkeyfoot Township commutes
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Lower Turkeyfoot Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Confluence (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lower Turkeyfoot Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Turkeyfoot Township | – | — | — | 43 min | $56,786 |
| Upper Turkeyfoot Township | under 3% | B− | D | 29 min | $75,298 |
| Addison Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Henry Clay Township | under 3% | C− | B | 28 min | $78,056 |
| Confluence | 3% | — | — | 48 min | — |
| Springfield Township | under 3% | D | D | 29 min | $56,667 |
| Ursina | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Stewart Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Addison Township: not graded. Confluence, Ursina and Stewart Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lower Turkeyfoot 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 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 Lower Turkeyfoot Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lower Turkeyfoot Township?
$56,786 (±$14,972) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lower Turkeyfoot Township?
12.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lower Turkeyfoot Township?
43 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lower Turkeyfoot Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Somerset (13%, 17 mi), Somerset Township (8%, 19 mi), Confluence (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lower Turkeyfoot Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lower Turkeyfoot Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lower Turkeyfoot Township
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.