Snydertown has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
53 jobs are based in Snydertown for 238 working residents. Only 1% work in Snydertown itself; outside it, College Township draws the most (21%, 16 miles). Commuters spend 49 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Snydertown apart
Snydertown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 49 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 376 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Snydertown is a place people come home to
There are 53 jobs based in Snydertown, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Snydertown has about 280 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 238 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting from Snydertown: about 49 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Snydertown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 265 commuters (the 10% 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 daily flow of workers through Snydertown
On a workday 235 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Snydertown on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Snydertown ends
Where Snydertown clocks in
21% 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.
Making and building: 30% of jobs based in Snydertown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Snydertown, 2014 → 2024: 36 → 53. 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 Snydertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Snydertown goes to work
About 21% 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.
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 Snydertown: questions
What is the median household income in Snydertown?
$107,738 (±$53,936) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Snydertown?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Snydertown?
49 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Snydertown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (21%, 16 mi), Walker Township (8%, 3 mi), Bellefonte (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Snydertown 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 Snydertown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Snydertown
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.