Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Seltzer works elsewhere
7 jobs are based in Seltzer, against 129 working residents. Hardly any stay in Seltzer for work; outside it, Pottsville is the main destination (27%, 2 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Seltzer by day
On a workday 129 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Seltzer on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The places Seltzer commutes to
Where Seltzer clocks in
27% of workers
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.
Jobs in Seltzer: what the 7 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seltzer, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 7. 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 Seltzer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Seltzer
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seltzer workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 commuters (the 0% 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 far Seltzer goes to work
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.
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 Seltzer: questions
What is the median household income in Seltzer?
$111,250 (±$56,412) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seltzer?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seltzer?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seltzer work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (27%, 2 mi), Minersville (5%, 1 mi), Norwegian Township (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Seltzer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seltzer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seltzer
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.