Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Philipsburg are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Philipsburg itself; outside it, College Township draws the most (10%, 21 miles). 12.5% of residents are in poverty, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Philipsburg grades C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Why Philipsburg gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Philipsburg is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #792 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Philipsburg’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($47,794, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Philipsburg could be anywhere from C− to B.
The daily commute in and out of Philipsburg
On a workday 1,032 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 582 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Philipsburg on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Philipsburg’s working residents head each day
Where Philipsburg clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
What work there is in Philipsburg: 634 jobs
634 jobs are based in Philipsburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Philipsburg, 2014 → 2024: 606 → 634. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Philipsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Philipsburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Philipsburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,246 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 far Philipsburg’s workers travel
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Philipsburg, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Philipsburg is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #436 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,374 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). 14.1% of Philipsburg households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Philipsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Philipsburg places 2,793rd of 4,797 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,791 | Frontenac KS | 3,443 | $59K | 8.7% | 4.5% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,792 | Granite Quarry NC | 3,129 | $58K | 8.3% | 6.1% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,793 | Philipsburg PA | 2,674 | $48K | 12.5% | 2.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,794 | Blairsville PA | 3,176 | $56K | 14.7% | 2.9% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,795 | Watson Township MI | 2,264 | $65K | 16.3% | 1.0% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Philipsburg, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
15% of Philipsburg works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Rush Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Philipsburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philipsburg | – | C+ | B+ | 24 min | $47,794 |
| Rush Township | 8% | C+ | C− | 30 min | $75,732 |
| Chester Hill | 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| North Philipsburg | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| South Philipsburg | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Decatur Township | 5% | C+ | B | 25 min | $56,394 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chester Hill: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. North Philipsburg and South Philipsburg: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Philipsburg’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 2024, 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 Philipsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Philipsburg?
$47,794 (±$8,993) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Philipsburg?
12.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Philipsburg?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Philipsburg work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (10%, 21 mi), State College (9%, 20 mi), Rush Township (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Philipsburg walkable?
Philipsburg is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Philipsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Philipsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Philipsburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.