Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Schuylkill Haven’s household incomes are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns
4.0% of residents are in poverty, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Jobs and income earn Schuylkill Haven B−; getting around on foot earns it A. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Schuylkill Haven stands out on work
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Schuylkill Haven
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Schuylkill Haven is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #674 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Schuylkill Haven’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($54,167, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Schuylkill Haven could be anywhere from C to A−.
What work there is in Schuylkill Haven: 1,526 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schuylkill Haven, 2013 → 2023: 1,104 → 1,526. 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 Schuylkill Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Schuylkill Haven: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,283 residents head out to work, 247 work right here, and 1,279 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Schuylkill Haven on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
9% of working residents work in Pottsville
Where Schuylkill Haven clocks in
9% 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 trip to work from Schuylkill Haven: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schuylkill Haven workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,406 commuters (the 6% 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 many miles Schuylkill Haven commutes
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Schuylkill Haven
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Schuylkill Haven is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #244 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Schuylkill Haven near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,554 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). 4.4% of Schuylkill Haven households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Schuylkill Haven’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Schuylkill Haven ranks: 1,888th of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,886 | Minocqua WI | 5,062 | $69K | 6.9% | 1.8% | 31% | B− |
| 1,887 | North Alamo TX | 4,819 | $55K | 22.9% | 1.3% | <1% | B− |
| 1,888 | Schuylkill Haven PA | 5,253 | $54K | 4.0% | 4.7% | 10% | B− |
| 1,889 | Northumberland PA | 3,800 | $66K | 17.1% | 1.4% | 7% | B− |
| 1,890 | Union Township IN | 4,351 | $66K | 13.3% | 1.8% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | 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 Schuylkill Haven, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Schuylkill Haven
The biggest share goes to Cressona (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Schuylkill Haven workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schuylkill Haven | – | B− | A | 22 min | $54,167 |
| North Manheim Township | 4% | B | C | 22 min | $88,125 |
| Cressona | 5% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $73,967 |
| South Manheim Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 34 min | $91,979 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Schuylkill Haven’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 Schuylkill Haven: questions
What is the median household income in Schuylkill Haven?
$54,167 (±$7,717) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schuylkill Haven?
4.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Schuylkill Haven?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Schuylkill Haven work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (9%, 4 mi), Cressona (5%, 1 mi), North Manheim Township (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Schuylkill Haven walkable?
Schuylkill Haven is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Schuylkill Haven without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Schuylkill Haven, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schuylkill Haven
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.