Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Thornhurst Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Thornhurst Township report 31 jobs, and 382 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Thornhurst Township itself; outside it, Scranton draws the most (17%, 14 miles). The trip to work takes 38 minutes on average (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Thornhurst Township
Thornhurst Township is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Thornhurst Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Thornhurst Township has about 660 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Thornhurst Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 382 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Thornhurst Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Thornhurst Township is better than 31% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Thornhurst Township’s grade up ($71,625, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Thornhurst Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Thornhurst Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who commutes out of Thornhurst Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 379 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Thornhurst 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 2023, primary jobs.
How long Thornhurst Township spends getting to work: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thornhurst Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 333 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where Thornhurst Township goes to work
Where Thornhurst Township clocks in
17% 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.
Jobs in Thornhurst Township: what the 31 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thornhurst Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 31. 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 Thornhurst Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Thornhurst Township commutes
About 15% 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.
Most of Thornhurst Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Thornhurst Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Thornhurst Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 393 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). 1.9% of Thornhurst Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Thornhurst Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Thornhurst Township places 1,695th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,693 | Rivoli Township IL | 1,019 | $56K | 9.6% | 1.6% | 2% | C |
| 1,694 | Center Township IN | 1,265 | $64K | 12.8% | 1.0% | 0% | C |
| 1,695 | Thornhurst Township PA | 1,014 | $72K | 11.3% | 3.5% | 1% | C |
| 1,696 | Hydesville CA | 1,263 | $97K | 17.0% | 10.7% | 3% | C |
| 1,697 | Franklin Township IN | 1,105 | $67K | 11.7% | 4.9% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Thornhurst Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Thornhurst Township
The biggest share goes to Spring Brook Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Thornhurst Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornhurst Township | – | C | D− | 38 min | $71,625 |
| Coolbaugh Township | under 3% | C− | B | 39 min | $82,615 |
| Buck Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Clifton Township | under 3% | C | C− | 23 min | $56,705 |
| Tobyhanna Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 30 min | $90,064 |
| Spring Brook Township | 3% | B− | D | 29 min | $69,821 |
| Bear Creek Township | under 3% | B | D− | 30 min | $88,333 |
| Jenkins Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 19 min | $54,878 |
Same-state neighbors only. Buck Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Thornhurst 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 Thornhurst Township: questions
What is the median household income in Thornhurst Township?
$71,625 (±$13,774) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thornhurst Township?
11.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thornhurst Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thornhurst Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scranton (17%, 14 mi), Covington Township (8%, 8 mi), Moosic (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Thornhurst Township walkable?
Thornhurst Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Thornhurst Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thornhurst Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thornhurst 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. 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.