Universalist Meeting House of Sheshequin · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Sheshequin Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Sheshequin Township report 58 jobs; 555 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Sheshequin Township are C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Hardly any work in Sheshequin Township itself; outside it, Sayre draws the most (14%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sheshequin Township
Why Sheshequin Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Sheshequin Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Sheshequin Township’s grade.
Unemployment (4.9%) is left out: Sheshequin Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sheshequin Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who commutes out of Sheshequin Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 550 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Sheshequin Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Out of Sheshequin Township to work: where people go
Where Sheshequin Township clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 74% of work in Sheshequin Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sheshequin Township, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 58. 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 Sheshequin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Sheshequin Township spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sheshequin Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 466 commuters (the 11% 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 Sheshequin Township’s workers travel
About 19% 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.
Most trips from Sheshequin Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sheshequin Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 2.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 524 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). 4.9% of Sheshequin Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sheshequin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Sheshequin Township is 3,640th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,638 | Rome Township OH | 1,230 | $55K | 10.8% | 12.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,639 | Colerain Township PA | 1,134 | $67K | 15.9% | 4.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,640 | Sheshequin Township PA | 1,284 | $62K | 16.3% | 4.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,641 | Owenton KY | 1,690 | $55K | 14.9% | 6.8% | 9% | C− |
| 3,642 | Factoryville PA | 1,089 | $54K | 21.8% | 12.7% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Sheshequin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 19% of Sheshequin Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to North Towanda Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sheshequin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheshequin Township | – | C− | C | 23 min | $62,321 |
| Ulster Township | under 3% | C+ | C− | 24 min | $76,250 |
| North Towanda Township | 7% | D− | B+ | 21 min | $28,906 |
| Athens Township | 5% | C | B | 22 min | $72,237 |
| Rome Township | under 3% | B | D | 27 min | $90,769 |
| Wysox Township | 7% | D | B | 19 min | $60,357 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sheshequin 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 Sheshequin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sheshequin Township?
$62,321 (±$15,733) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sheshequin Township?
16.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sheshequin Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sheshequin Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sayre (14%, 9 mi), Wysox Township (7%, 6 mi), North Towanda Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sheshequin Township walkable?
Sheshequin Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sheshequin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sheshequin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sheshequin 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. 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.