Stormstown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 3% stay in Stormstown for work; outside it, College Township is the main destination (30%, 11 miles). 202 jobs are based in Stormstown, against 1,138 working residents. For 22% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Stormstown, in a few figures
Stormstown is a place people come home to
There are 202 jobs based in Stormstown, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stormstown has about 1,600 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Stormstown works in College Township
343 working residents, 30%, have their main job in College Township, 11 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Stormstown itself. The commute map ↓
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.
How many people are in Stormstown by day
On a workday 1,099 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Stormstown on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where Stormstown goes to work
Where Stormstown clocks in
30% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Stormstown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stormstown, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 202. 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 Stormstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Stormstown: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stormstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,098 commuters (the 22% 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 distance from Stormstown to work
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.
Next door to Stormstown
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stormstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stormstown | – | — | — | 25 min | $146,875 |
| Worth Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Worth Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stormstown’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 Stormstown: questions
What is the median household income in Stormstown?
$146,875 (±$22,288) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stormstown?
1.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stormstown?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stormstown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (30%, 11 mi), Ferguson Township (13%, 5 mi), State College (10%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stormstown 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 Stormstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stormstown
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.