Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Pine Creek Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Pine Creek Township are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. 491 jobs are based in Pine Creek Township, against 1,340 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pine Creek Township
Where Pine Creek Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pine Creek Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #779 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Pine Creek Township’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($58,657, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pine Creek Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
In Pine Creek Township, 60% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 554 → 491. 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 Pine Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Pine Creek Township by day
On a workday 1,290 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 441 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Pine Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
15% of working residents work in Williamsport
Where Pine Creek Township clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
Time on the road from Pine Creek Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Creek Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,469 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.
The distance from Pine Creek Township to work
About 25% 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.
Few in Pine Creek Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine Creek Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #775 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,632 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). 7.1% of Pine Creek Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pine Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pine Creek Township next to U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600: 2,680th of 4,402 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 68 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,678 | Lockland OH | 3,499 | $58K | 9.2% | 10.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,679 | Combes TX | 3,255 | $46K | 27.2% | 1.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,680 | Pine Creek Township PA | 3,425 | $59K | 14.9% | 2.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,681 | Buckhorn CA | 3,504 | $90K | 10.9% | 3.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,682 | Belfair WA | 4,557 | $88K | 6.4% | 7.4% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | 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 Pine Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Pine Creek Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Wayne Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Creek Township | – | C+ | C | 26 min | $58,657 |
| Porter Township | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $73,920 |
| Watson Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Wayne Township | 3% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $72,396 |
| Dunnstable Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| McElhattan | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Watson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Dunnstable Township: not graded. McElhattan: 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 Pine Creek 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 Pine Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Creek Township?
$58,657 (±$14,712) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Creek Township?
14.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Creek Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Creek Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (15%, 16 mi), Lock Haven (8%, 7 mi), Jersey Shore (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Creek Township walkable?
Pine Creek Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Creek 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.