Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0McAdoo’s household incomes are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
The two grades for McAdoo are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 20.4% of residents live below the poverty line; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in McAdoo
McAdoo is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in McAdoo, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday McAdoo has about 1,400 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few McAdoo workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
What’s behind McAdoo’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, McAdoo is better than 15% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds McAdoo’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($45,753, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, McAdoo could be anywhere from D to B−.
McAdoo quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,131 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in McAdoo on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 26 minutes from McAdoo
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McAdoo workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,137 commuters (the 2% 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.
20% of working residents work in Hazle Township
Where McAdoo clocks in
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in McAdoo
72 jobs are based in McAdoo.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McAdoo, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 72. 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 McAdoo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from McAdoo
About 18% 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.
Getting around McAdoo: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McAdoo is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,165 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). 13.7% of McAdoo households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McAdoo’s commuters take a bus or train.
McAdoo is 4,221st of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,219 | Camden OH | 1,984 | $49K | 23.7% | 3.4% | 8% | C− |
| 4,220 | Marietta OK | 2,982 | $52K | 20.6% | 4.9% | 12% | C− |
| 4,221 | McAdoo PA | 2,474 | $46K | 20.4% | 6.7% | 2% | C− |
| 4,222 | Ashland PA | 2,520 | $53K | 17.4% | 6.4% | 13% | C− |
| 4,223 | South Fulton TN | 2,158 | $44K | 29.2% | 3.2% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | 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 McAdoo, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How McAdoo compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | McAdoo workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAdoo | – | C− | B+ | 26 min | $45,753 |
| Kline Township | under 3% | C− | D | 21 min | $53,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of McAdoo’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 McAdoo: questions
What is the median household income in McAdoo?
$45,753 (±$2,813) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McAdoo?
20.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McAdoo?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McAdoo work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hazle Township (20%, 4 mi), West Hazleton (8%, 5 mi), Hazleton (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is McAdoo walkable?
McAdoo is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around McAdoo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McAdoo, from the people who make the trip.
More of McAdoo
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.