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Jobs & commute in Potlicker Flats

Potlicker Flats has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

Employers in Potlicker Flats report 8 jobs, and 74 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Potlicker Flats itself; outside it, Armagh Township draws the most (18%, 7 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Potlicker Flats

On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.

74live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
8work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night44
Workday0
44live here− 74head out to work+ 8come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Potlicker Flats on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Potlicker Flats work

Juniata TerraceBurnham: 2 residents work here (3%)LewistownSilver Spring Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Millcreek TownshipGranville Township: 2 residents work here (3%)College Township: 5 residents work here (7%)Derry Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Patton Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Fermanagh TownshipDerry Township: 7 residents work here (9%)Hampden TownshipArmagh Township: 13 residents work here (18%)Brown Township: 5 residents work here (7%)Ferguson Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Potlicker FlatsArmagh TownshipDerry TownshipCollege TownshipBrown TownshipDerry TownshipFerguson TownshipPotlicker Flats
1
Armagh Township6.8 mi away
18%13
2
Derry Township7.5 mi away
9%7
3
College Township12.6 mi away
7%5
4
Brown Township4.5 mi away
7%5
5
Derry Township59.3 mi away
4%3
6
Ferguson Township17.7 mi away
4%3
7
Burnham6.8 mi away
3%2
83%2
9
Granville Township10.5 mi away
3%2
10
Patton Township17.8 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%30
The top trips

Where Potlicker Flats clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in Potlicker FlatsJobs Potlicker Flats residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms13%27%
Trade, transport & utilities0%24%
Services: health, schools, offices88%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month63%22%
Over $3,333 a month38%61%

Who does it

29 or younger0%22%
30 to 5475%51%
55 and older25%27%
−11%

Jobs based in Potlicker Flats, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 8. 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 Potlicker Flats’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Potlicker Flats: about 3 minutes

A year of commuting
23 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Potlicker Flats3 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Potlicker Flats workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Potlicker Flats gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 33 commuters (the 0% 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

Miles to work from Potlicker Flats

10 mi25 mi50 mi70 miArmagh Township: 18% · 6.8 miDerry Township: 9% · 7.5 miCollege Township: 7% · 12.6 miBrown Township: 7% · 4.5 miDerry Township: 4% · 59.3 miFerguson Township: 4% · 17.7 miBurnham: 3% · 6.8 miSilver Spring Township: 3% · 43.8 miGranville Township: 3% · 10.5 miPatton Township: 3% · 17.8 miArmagh Township 18%Derry Township 9%College Township 7%Brown Township 7%Derry Township 4%Potlicker Flats
Potlicker FlatsTop destinations (size = commuters)
39%Under 10 mi29 residents
23%10–24 mi17 residents
15%25–50 mi11 residents
23%Over 50 mi17 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Potlicker Flats: questions

What is the median household income in Potlicker Flats?

$78,182 (±$41,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Potlicker Flats?

0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Potlicker Flats?

3 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Potlicker Flats work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Armagh Township (18%, 7 mi), Derry Township (9%, 8 mi), College Township (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Potlicker Flats without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Potlicker Flats, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Potlicker Flats

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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.