Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Scott Township (7.1%) than in 83% of U.S. towns
Scott Township grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 7% stay in Scott Township for work; outside it, Bloomsburg is the main destination (11%, 3 miles). Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Scott Township: the gist
Scott Township trades workers with the towns around it
Scott Township has about as many jobs (2,194) as working residents (2,311), but they are mostly different people: 2,157 residents leave for work each day while 2,040 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Scott Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Scott Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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 Scott Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Scott Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #689 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Scott Township’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Scott Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Scott Township
On a workday 2,157 residents head out to work, 154 work right here, and 2,040 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 (0.95 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 20 minutes to work from Scott Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scott Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,333 commuters (the 21% 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.
Out of Scott Township to work: where people go
Where Scott Township clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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 Scott Township: what the 2,194 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scott Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,266 → 2,194. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scott Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Scott Township commutes
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Scott Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scott Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #678 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of 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 2,971 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). 2.3% of Scott Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Scott Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,600, Scott Township ranks 1,868th of 3,428 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,866 | Bear Creek Township MI | 6,513 | $71K | 9.9% | 2.4% | 14% | B− |
| 1,867 | Perry Township MI | 4,167 | $77K | 9.8% | 5.1% | 4% | B− |
| 1,868 | Scott Township PA | 5,652 | $85K | 6.3% | 7.1% | 7% | B− |
| 1,869 | North Manchester IN | 5,230 | $61K | 10.7% | 1.8% | 31% | B− |
| 1,870 | Ulysses KS | 5,524 | $64K | 7.6% | 0.9% | 41% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,428 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Scott Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
19% of Scott Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scott Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | – | B− | C+ | 20 min | $85,368 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $91,875 |
| South Centre Township | 8% | C− | C | 21 min | $65,045 |
| Main Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 22 min | $70,893 |
| North Centre Township | under 2% | B | C− | 22 min | $76,591 |
| Bloomsburg | 11% | C | A | 15 min | $51,536 |
| Orange Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 24 min | $96,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bloomsburg. Darker towns draw more of Scott 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 2024, 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 Scott Township: questions
What is the median household income in Scott Township?
$85,368 (±$10,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scott Township?
6.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scott Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scott Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomsburg (11%, 3 mi), Mahoning Township (11%, 10 mi), South Centre Township (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Scott Township walkable?
Scott Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scott Township 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 Scott Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scott Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.