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Jobs & commute in Sugar Grove

With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Sugar Grove works elsewhere

There are 108 jobs in Sugar Grove, and 207 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Sugar Grove; the top destination outside it is Corry (14%, 16 miles). The average commute takes 27 minutes each way, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

108 jobs based here
Household income
$72K
median · Pennsylvania $78K
Poverty
4.7%
Pennsylvania 11.7%
Unemployment
0.4%
Pennsylvania 5.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
27 min
Pennsylvania 26 · U.S. 26
Work in town
1%
3 of 207 working residents
Work from home
12%
Pennsylvania 16% · U.S. 15%
What stands out

Jobs and commuting in Sugar Grove: the gist

20%work outside Pennsylvania
★ What stands out · The commute map

The places Sugar Grove commutes to

Jamestown: 7 residents work here (3%)Sugar GroveYoungsville: 4 residents work here (2%)Warren: 18 residents work here (9%)Corry: 29 residents work here (14%)Erie: 10 residents work here (5%)Ellicott: 11 residents work here (5%)North HarmonyBusti: 8 residents work here (4%)Millcreek Township: 10 residents work here (5%)Sugar Grove TownshipPine Grove TownshipFreehold TownshipBrokenstraw Township: 11 residents work here (5%)Conewango Township: 9 residents work here (4%)Columbus TownshipFarmington TownshipCorryWarrenEllicottBrokenstraw TownshipErieMillcreek TownshipSugar Grove
1
Corry15.6 mi away
14%29
2
Warren14 mi away
9%18
3
Ellicott, NY11.6 mi away
5%11
4
Brokenstraw Township10.5 mi away
5%11
5
Erie38.8 mi away
5%10
6
Millcreek Township40.6 mi away
5%10
7
Conewango Township9.1 mi away
4%9
8
Busti, NY4.7 mi away
4%8
9
Jamestown, NY9.5 mi away
3%7
10
Youngsville9.1 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%90
The top trips

Where Sugar Grove clocks in

14% of workers
15.6 mi awayCorry29 Sugar Grove residents work here · Jobs & commute →
9% of workers
14 mi awayWarren18 Sugar Grove residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
11.6 mi awayEllicott, NY11 Sugar Grove residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

Day and night

Sugar Grove by day and by night

On a workday 204 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.

204live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
105work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night530
Workday430
530live here− 200head out to work+ 110come in to work= 430on a workday

About 430 people are in Sugar Grove on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.52jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The jobs

What Sugar Grove’s employers do

Jobs based in Sugar GroveJobs Sugar Grove residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms2%27%
Trade, transport & utilities48%24%
Services: health, schools, offices50%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less28%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%21%
Over $3,333 a month22%63%

Who does it

29 or younger31%22%
30 to 5446%46%
55 and older22%32%
−47%

Jobs based in Sugar Grove, 2014 → 2024: 203 → 108. 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 Sugar Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Sugar Grove: about 27 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
207 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Sugar Grove27 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
12%

of Sugar Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Sugar Grove gets to work
83%Drive alone
11%Carpool
4%Walk
3%Other

Share of the 228 commuters (the 12% 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Sugar Grove

10 mi25 mi50 miCorry: 14% · 15.6 miWarren: 9% · 14 miEllicott: 5% · 11.6 miBrokenstraw Township: 5% · 10.5 miErie: 5% · 38.8 miMillcreek Township: 5% · 40.6 miConewango Township: 4% · 9.1 miBusti: 4% · 4.7 miJamestown: 3% · 9.5 miYoungsville: 2% · 9.1 miCorry 14%Warren 9%Ellicott 5%Brokenstraw Township 5%Erie 5%Sugar Grove
Sugar GroveTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi35 residents
46%10–24 mi94 residents
18%25–50 mi37 residents
19%Over 50 mi40 residents

About 19% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sugar Grove: questions

What is the median household income in Sugar Grove?

$71,875 (±$16,203) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sugar Grove?

4.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Sugar Grove?

27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Sugar Grove work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corry (14%, 16 mi), Warren (9%, 14 mi), Ellicott (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Sugar Grove 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 Sugar Grove, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Sugar Grove

Sugar Grove home →
$925median rent
HousingLive where you work?Homes and rent in Sugar Grove
27min commute
HandbookGetting around Sugar GroveRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in PAShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.