Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainHouseholds in Pymatuning Township have lower incomes than those in 82% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Pymatuning Township for work; outside it, Hermitage is the main destination (18%, 7 miles). The poverty rate is 16.8% (Pennsylvania 11.7%). Jobs and income earn Pymatuning Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pymatuning Township: the figures worth knowing
Pymatuning Township trades workers with the towns around it
Pymatuning Township has about as many jobs (1,222) as working residents (1,267), but they are mostly different people: 1,153 residents leave for work each day while 1,108 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Pymatuning Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Pymatuning Township makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Pymatuning Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pymatuning Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Pymatuning Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pymatuning Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #820 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Pymatuning Township’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($54,574, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pymatuning Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
In and out of Pymatuning Township on a workday
On a workday 1,153 residents head out to work, 114 work right here, and 1,108 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 (0.96 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.
Pymatuning Township works in goods: 60% of its jobs
1,222 jobs are based in Pymatuning Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pymatuning Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,163 → 1,222. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Pymatuning Township: the destinations
Where Pymatuning Township clocks in
18% of workers
5% 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.
The daily trip from Pymatuning Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pymatuning Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,401 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 commute from Pymatuning Township, by distance
About 21% 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.
Pymatuning Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pymatuning Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #897 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,553 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). 4.7% of Pymatuning Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pymatuning Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Pymatuning Township is 3,019th of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,017 | Sharpsburg PA | 2,990 | $59K | 17.4% | 6.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 3,018 | Orange Township IN | 3,959 | $66K | 14.6% | 4.1% | 6% | C+ |
| 3,019 | Pymatuning Township PA | 3,031 | $55K | 16.8% | 2.8% | 9% | C+ |
| 3,020 | Shannondale WV | 3,465 | $80K | 13.3% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,021 | Echols County GA | 3,685 | $59K | 14.2% | 1.7% | 18% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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 Pymatuning Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Pymatuning Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pymatuning Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pymatuning Township | – | C+ | C− | 23 min | $54,574 |
| Clark | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| South Pymatuning Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 22 min | $77,614 |
| Delaware Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $71,765 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clark: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pymatuning 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 Pymatuning Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pymatuning Township?
$54,574 (±$8,983) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pymatuning Township?
16.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pymatuning Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pymatuning Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (18%, 7 mi), Sharon (5%, 8 mi), Hempfield Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pymatuning Township walkable?
Pymatuning Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pymatuning Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pymatuning Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pymatuning 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.