Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainTaylorstown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Taylorstown has 7 jobs, and 100 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Taylorstown for work; outside it, Washington is the main destination (12%, 8 miles). The average commute takes 24 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
A workday in Taylorstown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 100 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 83 people are in Taylorstown on a workday afternoon, 53% 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.
Where Taylorstown goes to work
Where Taylorstown clocks in
12% of workers
9% 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.
Taylorstown makes things: 43% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taylorstown, 2014 → 2024: 77 → 7. 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 Taylorstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Taylorstown: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taylorstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 commuters (the 18% 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 it is to work from Taylorstown
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.
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 Taylorstown: questions
What is the median household income in Taylorstown?
$72,222 (±$15,432) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taylorstown?
2.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taylorstown?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taylorstown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (12%, 8 mi), Chartiers Township (9%, 10 mi), North Strabane Township (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Taylorstown 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 Taylorstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taylorstown
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.