Photo: Pstark1 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Overfield Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. There are 194 jobs in Overfield Township, against 623 working residents. The two grades for Overfield Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Overfield Township
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Overfield Township
On income, poverty and job access, Overfield Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Overfield Township’s grade up (10.0%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($64,750, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Overfield Township’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, Overfield Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Overfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Overfield Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 731 commuters (the 4% 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 Overfield Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 603 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Overfield Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
14% of working residents work in Scranton
Where Overfield Township clocks in
14% of workers
5% 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.
Overfield Township works in goods: 73% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Overfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 194. 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 Overfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Overfield Township’s workers travel
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.
In Overfield Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Overfield Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Overfield Township 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 765 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). 2.2% of Overfield Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Overfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Overfield Township ranks: 2,700th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,698 | Lycoming Township PA | 1,486 | $72K | 10.8% | 3.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,699 | Schuylkill Township PA | 1,079 | $72K | 9.9% | 4.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,700 | Overfield Township PA | 1,429 | $65K | 10.0% | 7.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,701 | Jones Valley CA | 1,122 | $82K | 7.8% | 9.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,702 | Lyndon KS | 1,032 | $67K | 8.8% | 0.0% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Overfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Overfield Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Tunkhannock Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Overfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overfield Township | – | C+ | D | 28 min | $64,750 |
| Falls Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 26 min | $74,191 |
| Tunkhannock Township | 5% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $83,459 |
| Clinton Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 27 min | $85,729 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Overfield Township’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 Overfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Overfield Township?
$64,750 (±$14,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Overfield Township?
10.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Overfield Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Overfield Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (14%, 12 mi), Tunkhannock Township (5%, 4 mi), Mehoopany Township (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Overfield Township walkable?
Overfield Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Overfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Overfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Overfield Township
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.