Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLower Yoder Township’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
14.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. Lower Yoder Township grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 5% work in Lower Yoder Township; the top destination outside it is Johnstown (27%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lower Yoder Township apart on work
A lot of Lower Yoder Township works one town over
32% of working residents work in a town that borders Lower Yoder Township: Johnstown (27%), Upper Yoder Township (3%) and Westmont (2%). Next door ↓
Many jobs in Lower Yoder Township pay little
30% of the jobs based in Lower Yoder Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lower Yoder Township
50% of Lower Yoder Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 32% of the jobs based in Lower Yoder Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 926 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Lower Yoder Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lower Yoder Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Lower Yoder Township’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($42,970, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lower Yoder Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The 1,046 jobs based in Lower Yoder Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lower Yoder Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,011 → 1,046. 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 Yoder Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Lower Yoder Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 882 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 1,002 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).
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 people from Lower Yoder Township work
Where Lower Yoder Township clocks in
27% of workers
11% 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Lower Yoder Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lower Yoder Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 856 commuters (the 12% 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.
How far Lower Yoder Township goes to work
About 21% 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.
In Lower Yoder Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lower Yoder Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lower Yoder 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 969 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). 17.6% of Lower Yoder Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lower Yoder Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lower Yoder Township is 4,356th of 5,552 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 30 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,354 | Cloverdale IN | 2,174 | $42K | 14.9% | 5.2% | 7% | C− |
| 4,355 | Nunda NY | 2,673 | $65K | 17.3% | 4.9% | 18% | C− |
| 4,356 | Lower Yoder Township PA | 2,335 | $43K | 14.9% | 6.0% | 5% | C− |
| 4,357 | Union Point GA | 1,856 | $62K | 13.1% | 0.6% | 6% | C− |
| 4,358 | Dannemora NY | 2,562 | $62K | 13.8% | 9.5% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Yoder Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 32% of Lower Yoder Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lower Yoder Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Yoder Township | – | C− | C+ | 24 min | $42,970 |
| St. Clair Township | under 2% | D | C | 32 min | $55,000 |
| Johnstown | 27% | D | A | 20 min | $37,888 |
| West Taylor Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Westmont | 2% | B | C+ | 22 min | $108,988 |
| Brownstown | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Upper Yoder Township | 3% | B− | C+ | 23 min | $66,974 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | B− | D | 38 min | $70,815 |
Same-state neighbors only. West Taylor Township and Brownstown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Johnstown. Darker towns draw more of Lower Yoder 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 Yoder Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lower Yoder Township?
$42,970 (±$5,542) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lower Yoder Township?
14.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lower Yoder Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lower Yoder Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnstown (27%, 3 mi), Richland Township (11%, 8 mi), Upper Yoder Township (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lower Yoder Township walkable?
Lower Yoder Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lower Yoder Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lower Yoder Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lower Yoder 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.