Most of McCalmont Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
McCalmont Township grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. There are 93 jobs in McCalmont Township; 374 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 4% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in McCalmont Township
McCalmont Township is a place people come home to
There are 93 jobs based in McCalmont Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday McCalmont Township has about 820 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few McCalmont Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 374 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside McCalmont Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, McCalmont Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides McCalmont Township’s grade.
Unemployment (6.8%) is left out: McCalmont Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, McCalmont Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who commutes out of McCalmont Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 364 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in McCalmont Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 25 minutes to work from McCalmont Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McCalmont Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 432 commuters (the 4% 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.
9% of working residents work in Punxsutawney
Where McCalmont Township clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 48% of McCalmont Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McCalmont Township, 2014 → 2024: 168 → 93. 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 McCalmont Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from McCalmont Township to work
About 22% 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.
Most of McCalmont Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, McCalmont Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% 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 449 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). 12.7% of McCalmont Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of McCalmont Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
McCalmont Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 2,432nd of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,430 | Gillett WI | 1,276 | $55K | 11.5% | 5.2% | 12% | C− |
| 2,431 | Franklin NY | 1,139 | $88K | 16.8% | 3.2% | 2% | C− |
| 2,432 | McCalmont Township PA | 1,103 | $67K | 14.6% | 6.8% | 3% | C− |
| 2,433 | Britton SD | 1,199 | $63K | 9.0% | 0.0% | 29% | C− |
| 2,434 | Franklin Township OH | 1,175 | $47K | 8.8% | 1.8% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 McCalmont Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
13% of McCalmont Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Henderson Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | McCalmont Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCalmont Township | – | C− | C+ | 25 min | $67,375 |
| Henderson Township | 7% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $58,750 |
| Oliver Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Bell Township | under 3% | D | C− | 27 min | $56,731 |
| Winslow Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 26 min | $67,763 |
| Knox Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Young Township | 6% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $60,795 |
Same-state neighbors only. Oliver Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Knox Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of McCalmont 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 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.
Jobs and commuting in McCalmont Township: questions
What is the median household income in McCalmont Township?
$67,375 (±$11,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McCalmont Township?
14.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McCalmont Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McCalmont Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Punxsutawney (9%, 5 mi), DuBois (9%, 13 mi), Henderson Township (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is McCalmont Township walkable?
McCalmont Township is more walkable than 42% 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 McCalmont Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McCalmont Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of McCalmont Township
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. 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.