Pymatuning Central has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
117 jobs are based in Pymatuning Central, and 725 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% stay in Pymatuning Central for work; outside it, Meadville is the main destination (8%, 18 miles). Home is the office for 9% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Pymatuning Central
Pymatuning Central is a place people come home to
There are 117 jobs based in Pymatuning Central, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Pymatuning Central workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 725 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Pymatuning Central
On a workday 689 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Pymatuning Central on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The trip to work from Pymatuning Central: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pymatuning Central workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 904 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.
Where Pymatuning Central goes to work
Where Pymatuning Central 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.
What Pymatuning Central’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pymatuning Central, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 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 Pymatuning Central’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Pymatuning Central
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 Pymatuning Central: questions
What is the median household income in Pymatuning Central?
$64,479 (±$9,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pymatuning Central?
10.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pymatuning Central?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pymatuning Central work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meadville (8%, 18 mi), Vernon Township (6%, 14 mi), Erie (4%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pymatuning Central without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pymatuning Central, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pymatuning Central
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.