Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in St. Clair (1.5%) is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. For jobs and income St. Clair is better than 65% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (A). About one in ten work in St. Clair itself; outside it, Pottsville draws the most (15%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets St. Clair apart on work
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in St. Clair are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Few St. Clair workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
St. Clair gains people on a workday
About 3,300 people are in St. Clair on a workday afternoon, 21% more than the 2,800 who live here: 1,800 come in to work and 1,200 head out. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside St. Clair’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds St. Clair’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($64,304, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Clair could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The 1,917 jobs based in St. Clair
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Clair, 2013 → 2023: 1,718 → 1,917. 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 St. Clair’s own residents hold wherever they work.
St. Clair’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Clair workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,449 commuters (the 2% 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.
St. Clair fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,197 residents head out to work, 129 work right here, and 1,788 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in St. Clair on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 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.
Commuting out of St. Clair: the destinations
Where St. Clair clocks in
15% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
How far St. Clair’s workers travel
About 15% 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.
St. Clair is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,481 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). 15.2% of St. Clair households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of St. Clair’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700, St. Clair comes 1,506th 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 29 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 78 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,504 | Shawnee Hills OH | 2,534 | $109K | 2.5% | 10.7% | <1% | B |
| 1,505 | Devola OH | 2,688 | $100K | 2.1% | 5.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,506 | St. Clair PA | 2,755 | $64K | 7.8% | 1.5% | 10% | B |
| 1,507 | Cresson TX | 2,126 | $92K | 12.0% | 4.5% | <1% | B |
| 1,508 | Collegeville Township MN | 3,262 | $116K | 6.2% | 5.3% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 St. Clair, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around St. Clair: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Norwegian Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Clair workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clair | – | B | A | 24 min | $64,304 |
| East Norwegian Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Norwegian Township | 3% | A | C+ | 20 min | $85,272 |
Same-state neighbors only. East Norwegian Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Clair’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 St. Clair: questions
What is the median household income in St. Clair?
$64,304 (±$6,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Clair?
7.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Clair?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Clair work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (15%, 3 mi), North Manheim Township (4%, 4 mi), Norwegian Township (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Clair walkable?
St. Clair is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Clair without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Clair, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Clair
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.