Photo: Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Muncy’s household incomes are higher than in 63% of U.S. towns
Only 5% stay in Muncy for work; outside it, Williamsport is the main destination (13%, 13 miles). 8.4% of residents live below the poverty line; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. For jobs and income Muncy is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Muncy in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Muncy than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Muncy fell from 1,637 in 2013 to 842 in 2023, −49%. 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 ↓
Muncy makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Muncy are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Muncy residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Muncy
Household income holds Muncy’s grade up ($85,588, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Muncy could be anywhere from C to A.
Factories, building and farms: 38% of the jobs in Muncy
842 jobs are based in Muncy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Muncy, 2013 → 2023: 1,637 → 842. 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 Muncy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Muncy: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 984 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 786 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Muncy ends
Where Muncy clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Time on the road from Muncy: 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 Muncy workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,245 commuters (the 10% 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.
Muncy’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% 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.
In Muncy, walking beats the bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,386 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). 4.0% of Muncy households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Muncy’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,667th of 4,995: where Muncy ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,665 | Camden NY | 2,124 | $78K | 7.5% | 1.8% | 20% | B |
| 1,666 | Hallam PA | 2,798 | $75K | 17.5% | 2.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,667 | Muncy PA | 2,383 | $86K | 8.4% | 4.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,668 | Lead SD | 3,064 | $73K | 7.5% | 0.0% | 18% | B |
| 1,669 | Nichols NY | 2,290 | $82K | 4.9% | 3.6% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Muncy, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
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 Muncy: questions
What is the median household income in Muncy?
$85,588 (±$22,923) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Muncy?
8.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Muncy?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Muncy work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (13%, 13 mi), Muncy Township (8%, 4 mi), Muncy Creek Township (8%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Muncy walkable?
Muncy is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Muncy without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Muncy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Muncy
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.