Photo: Nyttend · Public domainToby Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Toby Township report 51 jobs, against 372 working residents. Only 3% stay in Toby Township for work; outside it, Paint Township is the main destination (5%, 14 miles). Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Toby Township at work: what stands out
A workday in Toby Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 360 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Toby Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where people from Toby Township work
Where Toby Township clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
What Toby Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toby Township, 2013 → 2023: 234 → 51. 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 Toby Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Toby Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Toby Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 413 commuters (the 8% 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.
Miles to work from Toby Township
About 21% 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.
How Toby Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Toby Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $71,023 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Madison Township | under 3% | C− | D | 38 min | $68,409 |
| Rimersburg | 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Sligo | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Licking Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Perry Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Piney Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry Township, Sligo, Licking Township, Perry Township and Piney Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Rimersburg: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rimersburg. Darker towns draw more of Toby 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 Toby Township: questions
What is the median household income in Toby Township?
$71,023 (±$10,360) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toby Township?
7.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Toby Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Toby Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paint Township (5%, 14 mi), Monroe Township (5%, 8 mi), Beaver Township (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Toby 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 Toby Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toby 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.