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 4.0Scott Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Scott Township; the top destination outside it is Preston Township (9%, 7 miles). 28 jobs are based in Scott Township for 182 working residents. 5% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Scott Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 181 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Scott Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where Scott Township goes to work
Where Scott Township clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Scott Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scott Township, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 28. 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 Scott Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes to work from Scott Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 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 181 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Scott Township commutes less than 31 miles
About 28% 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.
11% of Scott Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scott Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Township | – | — | — | 33 min | $60,795 |
| Buckingham Township | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Preston Township | 9% | C− | D | 37 min | $71,250 |
| Harmony Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Starrucca | under 2% | — | — | 53 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Buckingham Township, Harmony Township and Starrucca: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Preston Township. 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 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 Scott Township: questions
What is the median household income in Scott Township?
$60,795 (±$13,197) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scott Township?
8.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scott Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scott Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Preston Township (9%, 7 mi), Honesdale (9%, 27 mi), New York City (5%, 117 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scott Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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), 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.