Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Port Clinton commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Employers in Port Clinton report 43 jobs; 130 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Port Clinton; the top destination outside it is Pottsville (8%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Port Clinton by day
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Port Clinton on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where Port Clinton’s working residents head each day
Where Port Clinton clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Port Clinton: what the 43 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port Clinton, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 43. 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 Port Clinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Port Clinton, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port Clinton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 117 commuters (the 6% 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.
Port Clinton’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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.
Port Clinton and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to West Brunswick Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Port Clinton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Clinton | – | — | — | 21 min | $61,563 |
| Tilden Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $80,168 |
| West Brunswick Township | 5% | A− | C− | 34 min | $119,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Port Clinton’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 Port Clinton: questions
What is the median household income in Port Clinton?
$61,563 (±$31,269) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Port Clinton?
7.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Port Clinton?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Port Clinton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (8%, 12 mi), Orwigsburg (5%, 6 mi), Reading (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Port Clinton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Port Clinton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Clinton
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.