A job hub: Stevens has 5.1 jobs per working resident, and 1,401 people come in to work
7% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Employers in Stevens report 1,410 jobs for 276 working residents. Only 3% work in Stevens; the top destination outside it is East Cocalico Township (13%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Stevens
Stevens fills up on a workday
Stevens has 1,410 jobs, 5.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,900 people are in town, more than double the 800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
69% of the jobs in Stevens are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Stevens’ working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 36 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
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; with 276 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Stevens
On a workday 267 residents head out to work and 9 work right here.
About 1,900 people are in Stevens on a workday afternoon, 142% more 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.
72% of the jobs in Stevens pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stevens, 2013 → 2023: 1,003 → 1,410. 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 Stevens’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Stevens’ commute takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stevens workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 commuters (the 7% 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 trip into Stevens
Where Stevens clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Stevens
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.
Stevens and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Ephrata Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stevens workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens | – | — | — | 36 min | $48,750 |
| Denver | 3% | A− | B+ | 20 min | $85,531 |
| Ephrata Township | 9% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $85,058 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stevens’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 Stevens: questions
What is the median household income in Stevens?
$48,750 (±$8,294) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stevens?
34.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stevens?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stevens work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Cocalico Township (13%, 3 mi), Ephrata Township (9%, 4 mi), Ephrata (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stevens 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 Stevens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stevens
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.