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Jobs & commute in Taylor Township

Taylor Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any work in Taylor Township; the top destination outside it is College Township (18%, 18 miles). There are 109 jobs in Taylor Township, and 338 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, 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

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Taylor Township

On a workday 335 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.

335live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
106work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night840
Workday610
840live here− 340head out to work+ 110come in to work= 610on a workday

About 610 people are in Taylor Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.32jobs 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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Taylor Township ends

Bellefonte: 13 residents work here (4%)State College: 35 residents work here (10%)AltoonaSnyder TownshipCollege Township: 60 residents work here (18%)Morris TownshipHuston TownshipPatton Township: 15 residents work here (4%)Spring Township: 14 residents work here (4%)Sandy TownshipDecatur TownshipLawrence Township: 7 residents work here (2%)Worth TownshipDerry Township: 7 residents work here (2%)Benner Township: 11 residents work here (3%)Boggs Township: 18 residents work here (5%)Rush TownshipFerguson Township: 17 residents work here (5%)Taylor TownshipBald EagleCollege TownshipState CollegeBoggs TownshipFerguson TownshipPatton TownshipSpring TownshipTaylor Township
1
College Township18.1 mi away
18%60
2
State College15.8 mi away
10%35
3
Boggs Township24.8 mi away
5%18
4
Ferguson Township11.4 mi away
5%17
5
Patton Township12.9 mi away
4%15
6
Spring Township23.9 mi away
4%14
7
Bellefonte22.7 mi away
4%13
8
Benner Township19.2 mi away
3%11
9
Lawrence Township26.8 mi away
2%7
10
Derry Township33.9 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%141
The top trips

Where Taylor Township clocks in

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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Taylor Township

Jobs based in Taylor TownshipJobs Taylor Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms5%17%
Trade, transport & utilities29%17%
Services: health, schools, offices66%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less26%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%21%
Over $3,333 a month38%68%

Who does it

29 or younger12%19%
30 to 5461%59%
55 and older27%22%
+63%

Jobs based in Taylor Township, 2014 → 2024: 67 → 109. 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 Taylor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Taylor Township: about 29 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
223 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Taylor Township29 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

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

About 1 in 10
How Taylor Township gets to work
92%Drive alone
6%Carpool
1%Walk
1%Bike

Share of the 357 commuters (the 13% 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

The commute from Taylor Township, by distance

10 mi25 mi40 miCollege Township: 18% · 18.1 miState College: 10% · 15.8 miBoggs Township: 5% · 24.8 miFerguson Township: 5% · 11.4 miPatton Township: 4% · 12.9 miSpring Township: 4% · 23.9 miBellefonte: 4% · 22.7 miBenner Township: 3% · 19.2 miLawrence Township: 2% · 26.8 miDerry Township: 2% · 33.9 miCollege Township 18%Boggs Township 5%Taylor Township
Taylor TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
7%Under 10 mi22 residents
67%10–24 mi227 residents
7%25–50 mi25 residents
19%Over 50 mi63 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.

Next door

Around Taylor Township: the bordering towns

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Worth Township22 min
Bald Eagle25 min
Snyder Township26 min
Taylor Township29 min
Rush Township30 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownTaylor Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Taylor Township–——29 min$77,143
Snyder Townshipunder 3%CC26 min$71,071
Rush Townshipunder 3%C+C−30 min$75,732
Bald Eagleunder 3%——25 min—
Worth Townshipunder 3%——22 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Bald Eagle: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Worth Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Taylor Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Taylor Township: questions

What is the median household income in Taylor Township?

$77,143 (±$14,941) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Taylor Township?

13.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Taylor Township?

29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Taylor Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (18%, 18 mi), State College (10%, 16 mi), Boggs Township (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Taylor Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Taylor Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Taylor Township

Taylor Township home →

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.