Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWork and commuting in Piney Township
5% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%). Only 2% work in Piney Township itself; outside it, Foxburg draws the most (8%, 11 miles). Working residents average 27 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Piney Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 140 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 114 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 (0.82 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.
Where the trip to work from Piney Township ends
Where Piney Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
34% of the jobs in Piney Township make or build things
117 jobs are based in Piney Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piney Township, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 117. 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 Piney Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Piney Township, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Piney Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 115 commuters (the 5% 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 Piney Township goes to work
About 23% 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.
The towns next door employ 13% of Piney Township
The biggest share goes to Paint Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Piney Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $49,375 |
| Beaver Township | under 3% | C | C | 27 min | $63,594 |
| Monroe Township | 3% | C− | B | 25 min | $67,067 |
| Sligo | 4% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Toby Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Licking Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Paint Township | 6% | C+ | B+ | 21 min | $62,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sligo and Licking Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Toby Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Piney 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 Piney Township: questions
What is the median household income in Piney Township?
$49,375 (±$15,407) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piney Township?
23.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Piney Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Piney Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Foxburg (8%, 11 mi), Paint Township (6%, 8 mi), Sligo (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Piney Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Piney Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piney 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.