Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Ravine has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute from Ravine lasts 43 minutes (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). There are 159 jobs in Ravine; 307 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Ravine for work; outside it, Pine Grove Township is the main destination (9%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Ravine
About 43 minutes to work from Ravine
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ravine workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 259 commuters (the 12% 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.
Ravine on a workday afternoon
On a workday 304 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Ravine on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Out of Ravine to work: where people go
Where Ravine clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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 Ravine: what the 159 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ravine, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 159. 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 Ravine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Ravine
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.
Ravine and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ravine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravine | – | — | — | 43 min | $106,250 |
| Pine Grove | 9% | B− | A− | 26 min | $64,082 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pine Grove. Darker towns draw more of Ravine’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 Ravine: questions
What is the median household income in Ravine?
$106,250 (±$67,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ravine?
5.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ravine?
43 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ravine work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine Grove Township (9%, 2 mi), Pine Grove (9%, 1 mi), Union Township (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ravine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ravine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ravine
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.