Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Summit Station, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Only 1% stay in Summit Station for work; outside it, Wayne Township is the main destination (10%, 2 miles). Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; the Pennsylvania average is 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Summit Station, and who commutes in
On a workday 82 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Summit Station on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Summit Station goes to work
Where Summit Station clocks in
10% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Summit Station makes things: 65% of its jobs are in goods
62 jobs are based in Summit Station.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summit Station, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 62. 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 Summit Station’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Summit Station: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Summit Station workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 142 commuters (the 0% 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.
Half of Summit Station commutes less than 20 miles
About 17% 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 Summit Station
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Summit Station workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Station | – | — | — | 28 min | $106,316 |
| Lake Wynonah | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Wynonah: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Summit Station’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 Summit Station: questions
What is the median household income in Summit Station?
$106,316 (±$92,244) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Summit Station?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Summit Station?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Summit Station work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wayne Township (10%, 2 mi), Pottsville (5%, 8 mi), Orwigsburg (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Summit Station 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 Summit Station, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summit Station
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.