Households in Olyphant earn less than those in 64% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 8.8% of residents, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Jobs and income earn Olyphant B−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 6% stay in Olyphant for work; outside it, Scranton is the main destination (19%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Olyphant
Olyphant trades workers with the towns around it
Olyphant has about as many jobs (2,095) as working residents (2,406), but they are mostly different people: 2,252 residents leave for work each day while 1,941 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Olyphant are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Olyphant and Scranton trade workers both ways
Scranton is the top workplace for Olyphant residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Olyphant come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Olyphant are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Olyphant makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Olyphant are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Olyphant residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Most Olyphant residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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.
Where Olyphant’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Olyphant is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #660 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Olyphant’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($66,423, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Olyphant could be anywhere from C to A.
How many people are in Olyphant by day
On a workday 2,252 residents head out to work, 154 work right here, and 1,941 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 (0.87 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.
The places Olyphant commutes to
Where Olyphant clocks in
19% of workers
4% 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.
Olyphant’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olyphant workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,679 commuters (the 11% 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.
Goods, not services: 42% of the jobs in Olyphant
2,095 jobs are based in Olyphant.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olyphant, 2013 → 2023: 1,870 → 2,095. 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 Olyphant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Olyphant
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Olyphant gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Olyphant is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #367 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,998 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). 8.9% of Olyphant households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Olyphant’s commuters take a bus or train.
Olyphant places 1,819th of 3,541 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 26 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 68 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,817 | Baldwin City KS | 4,946 | $73K | 5.8% | 6.1% | 15% | B− |
| 1,818 | Carolina Shores NC | 5,540 | $76K | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3% | B− |
| 1,819 | Olyphant PA | 5,390 | $66K | 8.8% | 4.7% | 6% | B− |
| 1,820 | Lincoln Township IN | 4,720 | $81K | 11.5% | 3.1% | 4% | B− |
| 1,821 | Hummelstown PA | 4,492 | $63K | 11.8% | 4.1% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Olyphant, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Olyphant and its neighbors: 10% work next door
The biggest share goes to Dickson City (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Olyphant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olyphant | – | B− | B+ | 19 min | $66,423 |
| Dickson City | 4% | C | B+ | 25 min | $59,963 |
| Blakely | under 3% | C+ | B+ | 18 min | $55,855 |
| Throop | 2% | C+ | C | 16 min | $57,462 |
| Jessup | 4% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $64,844 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Olyphant’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 Olyphant: questions
What is the median household income in Olyphant?
$66,423 (±$10,267) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olyphant?
8.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olyphant?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olyphant work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (19%, 5 mi), Dunmore (7%, 3 mi), Archbald (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olyphant walkable?
Olyphant is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olyphant 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 Olyphant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olyphant
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.