Photo: Nyttend · Public domainSnyder Township has higher unemployment (7.3%) than 84% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Snyder Township for work; outside it, DuBois is the main destination (12%, 10 miles). Jobs and income earn Snyder Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Home is the office for 5% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Snyder Township at work: what stands out
Jobs in Snyder Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Snyder Township went from 511 in 2014 to 1,031 in 2024, +102%. The jobs ↓
Snyder Township trades workers with the towns around it
Snyder Township has about as many jobs (1,031) as working residents (1,030), but they are mostly different people: 874 residents leave for work each day while 875 people come in. Only 15% of the jobs in Snyder Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Snyder Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker, and quicker than any town next door (20 to 29 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Snyder Township makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Snyder Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Snyder Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Snyder Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Snyder Township is better than 25% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Snyder Township’s grade up (9.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Snyder Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Snyder Township works in goods: 35% of its jobs
1,031 jobs are based in Snyder Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snyder Township, 2014 → 2024: 511 → 1,031. 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 Snyder Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Snyder Township by day and by night
On a workday 874 residents head out to work, 156 work right here, and 875 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 (1.00 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.
Time on the road from Snyder Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snyder Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 976 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.
Where people from Snyder Township work
Where Snyder Township clocks in
12% of workers
9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Snyder Township
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Snyder Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Snyder Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,028 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Snyder Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Snyder Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100, Snyder Township ranks 3,740th of 5,328 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 27 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,738 | Mount Olive Township IL | 3,019 | $63K | 12.6% | 6.1% | 8% | C− |
| 3,739 | Deep River Township MI | 2,076 | $59K | 16.4% | 2.9% | 7% | C− |
| 3,740 | Snyder Township PA | 2,304 | $70K | 9.9% | 7.3% | 15% | C− |
| 3,741 | Proctor VT | 1,687 | $74K | 16.2% | 1.6% | 4% | C− |
| 3,742 | Mount Pocono PA | 3,047 | $79K | 18.1% | 9.7% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Snyder Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Snyder Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Sandy Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Snyder Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snyder Township | – | C− | C− | 17 min | $69,886 |
| Polk Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C | C | 20 min | $69,464 |
| Horton Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 23 min | $54,000 |
| Warsaw Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 27 min | $61,176 |
| Sandy Township | 7% | C | B− | 20 min | $79,365 |
Same-state neighbors only. Polk Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Snyder 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 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 Snyder Township: questions
What is the median household income in Snyder Township?
$69,886 (±$7,540) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snyder Township?
9.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snyder Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snyder Township work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DuBois (12%, 10 mi), Brockway (9%, 2 mi), Sandy Township (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Snyder Township walkable?
Snyder Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Snyder Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Snyder Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snyder Township
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.