Photo: Gerry Dincher · CC BY-SA 2.0Mountville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 2% stay in Mountville for work; outside it, East Hempfield Township is the main destination (12%, 4 miles). Employers in Mountville report 488 jobs for 1,402 working residents. The two grades for Mountville are A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Mountville apart
The better-paid jobs are outside Mountville
63% of Mountville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Mountville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Mountville 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 ↓
Mountville empties out on a workday
About 2,100 people are in Mountville on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 3,000 who live here: 1,400 head out to work and 460 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Mountville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mountville is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #322 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mountville could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
The kinds of work in Mountville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountville, 2013 → 2023: 504 → 488. 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 Mountville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Mountville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,112 commuters (the 16% 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.
Who leaves Mountville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,377 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 463 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Mountville on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where people from Mountville work
Where Mountville clocks in
12% 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.
How far Mountville’s workers travel
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.
Mountville is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mountville is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns, #433 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Mountville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,322 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of Mountville households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mountville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mountville next to U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000: 818th of 4,618 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 816 | Morris AL | 2,360 | $102K | 6.7% | 3.6% | 2% | A− |
| 817 | Sloatsburg NY | 3,120 | $108K | 5.4% | 6.3% | 10% | A− |
| 818 | Mountville PA | 2,977 | $97K | 8.7% | 3.3% | 2% | A− |
| 819 | Chatfield MN | 3,018 | $96K | 5.3% | 2.0% | 10% | A− |
| 820 | Proctor MN | 3,054 | $67K | 5.8% | 0.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Mountville, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
10% of Mountville works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to West Hempfield Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mountville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountville | – | A− | B+ | 31 min | $97,206 |
| West Hempfield Township | 7% | A | C+ | 25 min | $98,099 |
| Manor Township | 3% | A− | C | 25 min | $89,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mountville’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 Mountville: questions
What is the median household income in Mountville?
$97,206 (±$22,241) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountville?
8.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountville?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Hempfield Township (12%, 4 mi), Lancaster (11%, 7 mi), West Hempfield Township (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mountville walkable?
Mountville is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mountville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mountville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountville
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.