Photo: edenpictures · CC BY 2.0Lower Tyrone Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Lower Tyrone Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). 69 jobs are based in Lower Tyrone Township for 401 working residents. Hardly any work in Lower Tyrone Township; the top destination outside it is East Huntingdon Township (10%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lower Tyrone Township in brief
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Lower Tyrone Township
The poverty rate holds Lower Tyrone Township’s grade up (6.9%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($74,792, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Lower Tyrone Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lower Tyrone Township could be anywhere from C to A.
The daily flow of workers through Lower Tyrone Township
On a workday 399 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Lower Tyrone Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Out of Lower Tyrone Township to work: where people go
Where Lower Tyrone Township clocks in
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.
What Lower Tyrone Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lower Tyrone Township, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 69. 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 Lower Tyrone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Lower Tyrone Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lower Tyrone Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 370 commuters (the 21% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lower Tyrone Township
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 Lower Tyrone Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 471 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). 9.5% of Lower Tyrone Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lower Tyrone Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lower Tyrone Township places 732nd of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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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| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 730 | Georgetown ME | 1,101 | $84K | 6.3% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| 731 | Israel Township OH | 1,131 | $70K | 2.5% | 0.8% | 2% | B |
| 732 | Lower Tyrone Township PA | 1,028 | $75K | 6.9% | 3.3% | <1% | B |
| 733 | Antigo WI | 1,380 | $96K | 5.5% | 1.1% | 5% | B |
| 734 | Watson LA | 1,357 | $97K | 17.2% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Lower Tyrone Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
13% of Lower Tyrone Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lower Tyrone Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Tyrone Township | – | B | B− | 29 min | $74,792 |
| South Huntingdon Township | under 3% | C+ | C− | 26 min | $71,425 |
| East Huntingdon Township | 10% | B− | C− | 26 min | $68,286 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 31 min | $67,833 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 26 min | $57,250 |
| Dawson | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Dunbar Township | 3% | C | C− | 25 min | $60,917 |
| Upper Tyrone Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 25 min | $67,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Dawson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to East Huntingdon Township. Darker towns draw more of Lower Tyrone 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 Lower Tyrone Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lower Tyrone Township?
$74,792 (±$39,989) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lower Tyrone Township?
6.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lower Tyrone Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lower Tyrone Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Huntingdon Township (10%, 6 mi), Hempfield Township (7%, 15 mi), Pittsburgh (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lower Tyrone Township walkable?
Lower Tyrone Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lower Tyrone Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lower Tyrone Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lower Tyrone 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.