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Jobs & commute in Mackeyville

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Mackeyville works elsewhere

At home: 7% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). There are 23 jobs in Mackeyville for 106 working residents. Only 2% work in Mackeyville; the top destination outside it is Lamar Township (10%, 2 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Mackeyville: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 104 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.

104live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
21work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night280
Workday200
280live here− 100head out to work+ 21come in to work= 200on a workday

About 200 people are in Mackeyville on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.22jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Mackeyville: the destinations

Flemington: 5 residents work here (5%)MountvilleLock Haven: 10 residents work here (9%)Williamsport: 7 residents work here (7%)Pittsburgh: 3 residents work here (3%)Miles TownshipManor TownshipOliver TownshipCollege Township: 4 residents work here (4%)Marion TownshipMuncy Creek TownshipWalker Township: 4 residents work here (4%)Castanea Township: 5 residents work here (5%)Wayne TownshipPorter Township: 6 residents work here (6%)Lamar Township: 11 residents work here (10%)Bald Eagle Township: 6 residents work here (6%)MackeyvilleLamar TownshipLock HavenWilliamsportPorter TownshipBald Eagle TownshipFlemingtonMackeyville
1
Lamar Township2.4 mi away
10%11
2
Lock Haven5.8 mi away
9%10
3
Williamsport25.7 mi away
7%7
4
Porter Township2.7 mi away
6%6
56%6
6
Flemington5.1 mi away
5%5
75%5
8
College Township24.8 mi away
4%4
9
Walker Township10.6 mi away
4%4
10
Pittsburgh138.1 mi away
3%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%45
The top trips

Where Mackeyville clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Factories, building and farms: 78% of the jobs in Mackeyville

Jobs based in MackeyvilleJobs Mackeyville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms78%42%
Trade, transport & utilities0%24%
Services: health, schools, offices22%35%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month57%18%
Over $3,333 a month30%64%

Who does it

29 or younger65%24%
30 to 5422%51%
55 and older13%25%
+188%

Jobs based in Mackeyville, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 23. 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 Mackeyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 36 minutes to work from Mackeyville

A year of commuting
274 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Mackeyville36 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Mackeyville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Mackeyville gets to work
85%Drive alone
15%Carpool

Share of the 134 commuters (the 7% 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

How far it is to work from Mackeyville

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLamar Township: 10% · 2.4 miLock Haven: 9% · 5.8 miWilliamsport: 7% · 25.7 miPorter Township: 6% · 2.7 miBald Eagle Township: 6% · 8.3 miFlemington: 5% · 5.1 miCastanea Township: 5% · 5.1 miCollege Township: 4% · 24.8 miWalker Township: 4% · 10.6 miPittsburgh: 3% · 138.1 miLamar Township 10%Lock Haven 9%Williamsport 7%Porter Township 6%Bald Eagle Township 6%Mackeyville
MackeyvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi50 residents
20%10–24 mi21 residents
17%25–50 mi18 residents
16%Over 50 mi17 residents

About 16% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Mackeyville: questions

What is the median household income in Mackeyville?

$77,250 (±$54,798) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Mackeyville?

6.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Mackeyville?

36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Mackeyville work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lamar Township (10%, 2 mi), Lock Haven (9%, 6 mi), Williamsport (7%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Mackeyville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Mackeyville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Mackeyville

Mackeyville home →

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.