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Jobs & commute in Mainville

Mainville has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

3 jobs are based in Mainville, and 66 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Mainville itself; outside it, Berwick draws the most (8%, 8 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Mainville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

66live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday52
120live here− 66head out to work+ 3come in to work= 52on a workday

About 52 people are in Mainville on a workday afternoon, 55% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.05jobs 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Mainville to work: where people go

Lewisburg: 2 residents work here (3%)Briar Creek: 3 residents work here (5%)Berwick: 5 residents work here (8%)Bloomsburg: 4 residents work here (6%)Philadelphia: 2 residents work here (3%)Scott Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Mifflin TownshipMain TownshipMahoning Township: 4 residents work here (6%)South Centre Township: 4 residents work here (6%)Briar Creek Township: 3 residents work here (5%)Hemlock Township: 4 residents work here (6%)MainvilleBerwickBloomsburgMahoning TownshipSouth Centre TownshipHemlock TownshipBriar CreekMainville
1
Berwick7.9 mi away
8%5
2
Bloomsburg4.7 mi away
6%4
3
Mahoning Township12.1 mi away
6%4
46%4
5
Hemlock Township8.3 mi away
6%4
6
Briar Creek6.4 mi away
5%3
8
Lewisburg27.2 mi away
3%2
9
Philadelphia93.5 mi away
3%2
10
Scott Township3.7 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%33
The top trips

Where Mainville 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

In Mainville, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in MainvilleJobs Mainville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%29%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices100%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%23%
Over $3,333 a month0%68%

Who does it

29 or younger0%15%
30 to 5433%55%
55 and older67%30%
−63%

Jobs based in Mainville, 2014 → 2024: 8 → 3. 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 Mainville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Mainville: about 35 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
265 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Mainville35 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Mainville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 35 commuters (the 0% 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 Mainville’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBerwick: 8% · 7.9 miBloomsburg: 6% · 4.7 miMahoning Township: 6% · 12.1 miSouth Centre Township: 6% · 3.5 miHemlock Township: 6% · 8.3 miBriar Creek: 5% · 6.4 miBriar Creek Township: 5% · 9 miLewisburg: 3% · 27.2 miPhiladelphia: 3% · 93.5 miScott Township: 3% · 3.7 miBerwick 8%Bloomsburg 6%South Centre Township 6%Hemlock Township 6%Mainville
MainvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
44%Under 10 mi29 residents
24%10–24 mi16 residents
15%25–50 mi10 residents
17%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 17% 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 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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Mainville: questions

What is the median household income in Mainville?

$36,250 (±$31,286) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Mainville?

39.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Mainville?

35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Mainville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Berwick (8%, 8 mi), Bloomsburg (6%, 5 mi), Mahoning Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Mainville 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 Mainville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Mainville

Mainville home →

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.