Photo: Nyttend · Public domainTaylor Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 1% stay in Taylor Township for work; outside it, New Castle is the main destination (16%, 3 miles). Employers in Taylor Township report 226 jobs, against 428 working residents. For 9% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Taylor Township in brief
Where Taylor Township goes to work
Where Taylor Township clocks in
16% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Taylor Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 423 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Taylor Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Taylor Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taylor Township, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 226. 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 Taylor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Taylor Township takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taylor Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 394 commuters (the 9% 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 Taylor Township commutes less than 14 miles
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.
Work next door: 26% of Taylor Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Taylor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $43,676 |
| North Beaver Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 22 min | $70,828 |
| New Castle | 16% | D | A− | 22 min | $42,219 |
| Oakland | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Shenango Township | 10% | A− | C | 24 min | $77,522 |
Same-state neighbors only. Oakland: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Castle. Darker towns draw more of Taylor 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 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 Taylor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Taylor Township?
$43,676 (±$4,981) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taylor Township?
12.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taylor Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taylor Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Castle (16%, 3 mi), Shenango Township (10%, 3 mi), Neshannock Township (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Taylor Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 12% 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.
More of Taylor Township
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.