Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs, income and commuting in Mount Aetna, PA
At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). Only 2% stay in Mount Aetna for work; outside it, Jackson Township is the main destination (7%, 3 miles). Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average; the Pennsylvania average is 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Mount Aetna apart
Stores, warehouses and trucking
85% of the jobs in Mount Aetna are in trade, transport and utilities, against 28% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Mount Aetna pay better than its residents’ jobs
83% of the jobs based in Mount Aetna pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 59% of the jobs Mount Aetna residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Mount Aetna. The jobs ↓
Mount Aetna workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 246 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
83% of the jobs in Mount Aetna pay over $3,333 a month
401 jobs are based in Mount Aetna.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Aetna, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 401. 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 Mount Aetna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mount Aetna’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Aetna workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 commuters (the 5% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Mount Aetna
On a workday 242 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 397 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Mount Aetna on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Mount Aetna’s workers come from
Where Mount Aetna clocks in
7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mount Aetna
About 20% 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.
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 Mount Aetna: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Aetna?
$81,023 (±$33,331) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Aetna?
3.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Aetna?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Aetna work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson Township (7%, 3 mi), Myerstown (5%, 3 mi), Tulpehocken Township (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Aetna without a car?
0% 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 Mount Aetna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Aetna
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.