Scottdale Armory · Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0At 7.8%, unemployment in Scottdale is higher than in 87% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. The two grades for Scottdale are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Scottdale is behind 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Scottdale stands out on work
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Scottdale
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Scottdale is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #925 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Scottdale’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Scottdale could be anywhere from D to B+.
Scottdale on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,749 residents head out to work, 127 work right here, and 1,568 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 (0.90 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.
11% of working residents work in East Huntingdon Township
Where Scottdale clocks in
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.
70% of the jobs in Scottdale pay over $3,333 a month
1,695 jobs are based in Scottdale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scottdale, 2014 → 2024: 1,467 → 1,695. 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 Scottdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Scottdale spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scottdale workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,704 commuters (the 8% 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.
Miles to work from Scottdale
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.
Getting around Scottdale: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scottdale is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #467 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 1,849 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 15.4% of Scottdale households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Scottdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Scottdale next to U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800: 3,180th of 4,039 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,178 | Karnes City TX | 3,540 | $55K | 29.6% | 1.8% | 8% | C− |
| 3,179 | Westfall Township PA | 3,423 | $72K | 8.2% | 15.0% | 9% | C− |
| 3,180 | Scottdale PA | 4,271 | $55K | 14.7% | 7.8% | 7% | C− |
| 3,181 | Tazewell VA | 4,291 | $35K | 25.1% | 1.4% | 28% | C− |
| 3,182 | Lafayette Township OH | 4,336 | $54K | 28.6% | 2.6% | 8% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | 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 Scottdale, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 11% of Scottdale’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scottdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottdale | – | C− | B | 24 min | $55,423 |
| East Huntingdon Township | 11% | B− | C− | 26 min | $68,286 |
| Upper Tyrone Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 25 min | $67,875 |
| Everson | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Everson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to East Huntingdon Township. Darker towns draw more of Scottdale’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 Scottdale: questions
What is the median household income in Scottdale?
$55,423 (±$9,835) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scottdale?
14.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scottdale?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scottdale work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Huntingdon Township (11%, 3 mi), Hempfield Township (7%, 12 mi), Pittsburgh (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Scottdale walkable?
Scottdale is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scottdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scottdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scottdale
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.