Nescopeck has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 2% work in Nescopeck; the top destination outside it is Berwick (12%, 2 miles). 133 jobs are based in Nescopeck, against 673 working residents. For jobs and income Nescopeck is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Nescopeck
What’s behind Nescopeck’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Nescopeck’s grade up (9.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($62,833, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Nescopeck’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Nescopeck could be anywhere from C to B.
Nescopeck by day and by night
On a workday 659 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Nescopeck on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Nescopeck work
Where Nescopeck clocks in
12% 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.
Nescopeck makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nescopeck, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 133. 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 Nescopeck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nescopeck workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 613 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.
How many miles Nescopeck commutes
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.
Nescopeck is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 676 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). 9.2% of Nescopeck households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nescopeck’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Nescopeck ranks: 2,275th of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,273 | Porter Township PA | 1,503 | $73K | 8.6% | 1.3% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,274 | Albany LA | 1,244 | $47K | 6.8% | 2.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,275 | Nescopeck PA | 1,511 | $63K | 9.1% | 4.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,276 | Banks Township MI | 1,666 | $71K | 4.4% | 4.6% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,277 | Cussewago Township PA | 1,440 | $75K | 8.6% | 4.7% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Nescopeck, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Nescopeck
The biggest share goes to Salem Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nescopeck workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nescopeck | – | C+ | A− | 23 min | $62,833 |
| Nescopeck Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $85,789 |
| Salem Township | 8% | B+ | C | 29 min | $78,560 |
| Mifflin Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 24 min | $61,250 |
| East Berwick | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Berwick: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nescopeck’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 Nescopeck: questions
What is the median household income in Nescopeck?
$62,833 (±$10,816) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nescopeck?
9.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nescopeck?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nescopeck work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Berwick (12%, 2 mi), Salem Township (8%, 4 mi), Hazle Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nescopeck walkable?
Nescopeck is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nescopeck without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nescopeck, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nescopeck
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.