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 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Scrubgrass Township
Working residents average 29 minutes each way; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. Only 5% work in Scrubgrass Township; the top destination outside it is Cranberry Township (8%, 11 miles). There are 252 jobs in Scrubgrass Township; 261 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Scrubgrass Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 247 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 238 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 (0.97 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Scrubgrass Township ends
Where Scrubgrass Township clocks in
5% 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.
What Scrubgrass Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scrubgrass Township, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 252. 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 Scrubgrass Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Scrubgrass Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scrubgrass Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 386 commuters (the 12% 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.
The commute from Scrubgrass Township, by distance
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.
How Scrubgrass Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Emlenton (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scrubgrass Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrubgrass Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $61,458 |
| Rockland Township | under 3% | C− | C | 30 min | $53,125 |
| Kennerdell | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Clinton Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Emlenton | 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Richland Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Cherry Valley | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Richland Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Allegheny Township | 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kennerdell: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Clinton Township, Emlenton, Richland Township, Cherry Valley, Richland Township and Allegheny Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Scrubgrass 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 Scrubgrass Township: questions
What is the median household income in Scrubgrass Township?
$61,458 (±$17,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scrubgrass Township?
16.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scrubgrass Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scrubgrass Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cranberry Township (8%, 11 mi), Franklin (5%, 12 mi), Pittsburgh (5%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scrubgrass Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scrubgrass Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scrubgrass 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.