Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Susquehanna Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Susquehanna Township is behind 85% of U.S. towns. There are 113 jobs in Susquehanna Township; 760 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Susquehanna Township are C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Susquehanna Township, in brief
Susquehanna Township is a place people come home to
There are 113 jobs based in Susquehanna Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Susquehanna Township has about 1,200 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Susquehanna Township 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 760 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Susquehanna Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Susquehanna Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Susquehanna Township’s grade up (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($52,431, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Susquehanna Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Susquehanna Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Susquehanna Township
On a workday 743 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Susquehanna Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Susquehanna Township’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Susquehanna Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 789 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.
11% of working residents work in Northern Cambria
Where Susquehanna Township clocks in
11% 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.
Susquehanna Township makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Susquehanna Township, 2014 → 2024: 199 → 113. 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 Susquehanna Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Susquehanna Township to work
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.
Most trips from Susquehanna Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Susquehanna Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 803 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). 6.8% of Susquehanna Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Susquehanna Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Susquehanna Township comes 4,073rd 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 36 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,071 | Duchesne UT | 1,722 | $77K | 14.5% | 4.1% | 25% | C− |
| 4,072 | Johnston Township OH | 1,718 | $61K | 28.4% | 4.1% | 2% | C− |
| 4,073 | Susquehanna Township PA | 1,840 | $52K | 10.3% | 4.7% | 2% | C− |
| 4,074 | Dover VT | 1,827 | $52K | 7.3% | 2.8% | 32% | C− |
| 4,075 | Winnebago MN | 1,383 | $60K | 11.1% | 7.3% | 16% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Susquehanna Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
16% of Susquehanna Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Northern Cambria (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Susquehanna Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna Township | – | C− | C+ | 27 min | $52,431 |
| Northern Cambria | 11% | C− | A− | 23 min | $54,673 |
| Hastings | under 3% | B− | B+ | 25 min | $70,625 |
| Elder Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 34 min | $62,083 |
| Cherry Tree | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Barr Township | 5% | B | B− | 28 min | $78,036 |
| Green Township | under 3% | C | D− | 37 min | $60,274 |
| Burnside Township | under 3% | C | C− | 36 min | $70,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cherry Tree: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Susquehanna Township’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Susquehanna Township: questions
What is the median household income in Susquehanna Township?
$52,431 (±$9,557) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Susquehanna Township?
10.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Susquehanna Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Susquehanna Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Northern Cambria (11%, 2 mi), White Township (6%, 18 mi), Cambria Township (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Susquehanna Township walkable?
Susquehanna Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Susquehanna Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Susquehanna Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Susquehanna Township
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. 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.