Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0Most of Lycoming Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Lycoming Township has 156 jobs, against 682 working residents. The two grades for Lycoming Township are C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 5% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lycoming Township: the gist
Lycoming Township and Williamsport trade workers both ways
Williamsport is the top workplace for Lycoming Township residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Lycoming Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lycoming Township is a place people come home to
There are 156 jobs based in Lycoming Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lycoming Township has about 960 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 682 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lycoming Township
On income, poverty and job access, Lycoming Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lycoming Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Lycoming 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, Lycoming Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
30% of working residents work in Williamsport
Where Lycoming Township clocks in
30% of workers
10% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Lycoming Township
On a workday 672 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Lycoming Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Goods jobs make up 72% of work in Lycoming Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lycoming Township, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 156. 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 Lycoming Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Lycoming Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lycoming Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 734 commuters (the 5% 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 Lycoming Township
About 28% 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 Lycoming Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lycoming Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 771 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). 2.0% of Lycoming Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lycoming Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lycoming Township places 2,926th of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | 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+ |
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| 2,924 | Douglas Township IL | 1,977 | $74K | 5.9% | 5.8% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,925 | Skelton Township IN | 1,618 | $84K | 14.0% | 3.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,926 | Lycoming Township PA | 1,486 | $72K | 10.8% | 3.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,927 | Schuylkill Township PA | 1,079 | $72K | 9.9% | 4.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,928 | Overfield Township PA | 1,429 | $65K | 10.0% | 7.2% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Lycoming Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Lycoming Township and its neighbors: 15% work next door
The biggest share goes to Loyalsock Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lycoming Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lycoming Township | – | C+ | C+ | 24 min | $71,563 |
| Hepburn Township | 2% | A− | C | 20 min | $81,488 |
| Anthony Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Old Lycoming Township | 3% | B | B− | 20 min | $62,609 |
| Lewis Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Cogan House Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Loyalsock Township | 10% | C | B+ | 15 min | $59,491 |
Same-state neighbors only. Anthony Township, Lewis Township and Cogan House Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lycoming 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 Lycoming Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lycoming Township?
$71,563 (±$10,139) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lycoming Township?
10.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lycoming Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lycoming Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (30%, 6 mi), Loyalsock Township (10%, 7 mi), Old Lycoming Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lycoming Township walkable?
Lycoming Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lycoming 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 Lycoming Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lycoming 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.