With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Mount Jackson works elsewhere
0% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). Employers in Mount Jackson report 87 jobs; 229 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Mount Jackson itself; outside it, New Castle draws the most (9%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Mount Jackson
The trip to work from Mount Jackson: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Jackson workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 232 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.
The daily flow of workers through Mount Jackson
On a workday 229 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Mount Jackson on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Mount Jackson: the destinations
Where Mount Jackson clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
What Mount Jackson’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 87. 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 Jackson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Mount Jackson’s workers travel
About 16% 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 Jackson: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Jackson?
$58,472 (±$27,774) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Jackson?
19.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Jackson?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Jackson work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Castle (9%, 5 mi), Pittsburgh (7%, 44 mi), North Beaver Township (7%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Jackson 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 Mount Jackson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Jackson
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.