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Jobs & commute in Riddlesburg

Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Riddlesburg

Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Hardly any work in Riddlesburg; the top destination outside it is Bedford Township (8%, 15 miles). Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26.

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

Day and night

Riddlesburg on a workday afternoon

On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

37live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night150
Workday120
150live here− 37head out to work+ 0come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Riddlesburg on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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 Riddlesburg goes to work

Cumberland: 1 residents work here (3%)Hagerstown: 1 residents work here (3%)Duncansville: 1 residents work here (3%)Marcus Hook: 1 residents work here (3%)Somerset Township: 2 residents work here (5%)Bedford Township: 3 residents work here (8%)Allegheny Township: 2 residents work here (5%)Broad Top TownshipLiberty Township: 2 residents work here (5%)West Providence Township: 3 residents work here (8%)East Providence Township: 3 residents work here (8%)RiddlesburgBedford TownshipWest Providence TownshipEast Providence TownshipSomerset TownshipAllegheny TownshipLiberty TownshipRiddlesburg
18%3
28%3
38%3
4
Somerset Township43.7 mi away
5%2
5
Allegheny Township23.5 mi away
5%2
6
Liberty Township3.9 mi away
5%2
7
Cumberland, MD44 mi away
3%1
8
Hagerstown, MD45.5 mi away
3%1
9
Duncansville20.8 mi away
3%1
10
Marcus Hook152 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%18
The top trips

Where Riddlesburg 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.

Time on the road

How long Riddlesburg spends getting to work: about 31 minutes

A year of commuting
238 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Riddlesburg31 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Riddlesburg gets to work
76%Drive alone
24%Carpool

Share of the 82 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Riddlesburg

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBedford Township: 8% · 15 miWest Providence Township: 8% · 12.7 miEast Providence Township: 8% · 10.7 miSomerset Township: 5% · 43.7 miAllegheny Township: 5% · 23.5 miLiberty Township: 5% · 3.9 miCumberland: 3% · 44 miHagerstown: 3% · 45.5 miDuncansville: 3% · 20.8 miMarcus Hook: 3% · 152 miBedford Township 8%West Providence Township 8%East Providence Township 8%Allegheny Township 5%Riddlesburg
RiddlesburgTop destinations (size = commuters)
14%Under 10 mi5 residents
46%10–24 mi17 residents
19%25–50 mi7 residents
22%Over 50 mi8 residents

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.

Next door

Next door to Riddlesburg

The biggest share goes to Liberty Township (5%).

Jobs & commute next door

TownRiddlesburg workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Riddlesburg–——31 min$98,125
Liberty Township5%CC34 min$65,234

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Riddlesburg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Riddlesburg: questions

What is the median household income in Riddlesburg?

$98,125 (±$62,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Riddlesburg?

4.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Riddlesburg?

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

Where do people who live in Riddlesburg work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bedford Township (8%, 15 mi), West Providence Township (8%, 13 mi), East Providence Township (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Riddlesburg 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 Riddlesburg, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Riddlesburg

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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.