Middlebury Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 168 jobs in Middlebury Township, and 505 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Middlebury Township are C for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% work in Middlebury Township itself; outside it, Wellsboro draws the most (12%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Middlebury Township: the figures worth knowing
Fewer jobs are based in Middlebury Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Middlebury Township fell from 388 in 2014 to 168 in 2024, −57%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 505 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Middlebury Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Middlebury Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Middlebury Township’s grade up (6.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (8.7%) is left out: Middlebury 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, Middlebury Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Factories, building and farms: 29% of the jobs in Middlebury Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middlebury Township, 2014 → 2024: 388 → 168. 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 Middlebury Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Middlebury Township’s workers travel
About 30% 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.
Who commutes out of Middlebury Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 492 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Middlebury Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where Middlebury Township goes to work
Where Middlebury Township clocks in
12% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
About 26 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middlebury Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 486 commuters (the 9% 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.
Most trips from Middlebury Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Middlebury Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 537 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). 3.0% of Middlebury Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Middlebury Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Middlebury Township ranks: 2,886th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
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| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,884 | Cass Township OH | 1,212 | $60K | 14.4% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,885 | Fitchville Township OH | 1,000 | $76K | 19.1% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| 2,886 | Middlebury Township PA | 1,284 | $62K | 6.2% | 8.7% | 3% | C |
| 2,887 | Hillsdale MO | 1,180 | $38K | 27.3% | 3.7% | 1% | C |
| 2,888 | White Sulphur Springs MT | 1,056 | $62K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 37% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Middlebury Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Middlebury Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Charleston Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Middlebury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlebury Township | – | C | C | 26 min | $62,083 |
| Chatham Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Farmington Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Charleston Township | 5% | B | C+ | 18 min | $72,595 |
| Delmar Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 23 min | $64,048 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chatham Township and Farmington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Middlebury 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 Middlebury Township: questions
What is the median household income in Middlebury Township?
$62,083 (±$14,036) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middlebury Township?
6.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middlebury Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middlebury Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wellsboro (12%, 8 mi), Erwin (5%, 20 mi), Charleston Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Middlebury Township walkable?
Middlebury Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Middlebury Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Middlebury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middlebury 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.