Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Most of Turbot Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
217 jobs are based in Turbot Township for 785 working residents. Turbot Township grades B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Home is the office for 8% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Turbot Township
Turbot Township is a place people come home to
There are 217 jobs based in Turbot Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Turbot Township has about 1,200 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Turbot Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania 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 785 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Turbot Township
On income, poverty and job access, Turbot Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Turbot Township’s grade up (7.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($72,000, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Turbot 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, Turbot Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Turbot Township
On a workday 779 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Turbot Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Getting to work from Turbot Township takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Turbot Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 721 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.
9% of working residents work in Milton
Where Turbot Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Turbot Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Turbot Township, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 217. 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 Turbot Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Turbot Township
About 25% 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 trips from Turbot Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Turbot Township is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 780 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). 3.2% of Turbot Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Turbot Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Turbot Township next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400: 1,598th of 5,343 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 34 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,596 | Hornby NY | 1,739 | $88K | 6.2% | 5.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,597 | Upper Bern Township PA | 1,613 | $82K | 7.5% | 4.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,598 | Turbot Township PA | 1,794 | $72K | 7.1% | 3.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,599 | Niles Township IN | 1,387 | $66K | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,600 | Harrison Township IN | 1,578 | $75K | 12.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Turbot Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 18% of Turbot Township
The biggest share goes to Milton (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Turbot Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbot Township | – | B | B+ | 20 min | $72,000 |
| Milton | 9% | C | B+ | 23 min | $54,577 |
| White Deer Township | 3% | A− | C | 18 min | $83,611 |
| Limestone Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| New Columbia | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| East Chillisquaque Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Delaware Township | 2% | B | B− | 22 min | $75,042 |
| West Chillisquaque Township | under 3% | B− | C | 20 min | $51,304 |
| Lewis Township | 4% | B− | B− | 26 min | $76,484 |
Same-state neighbors only. Limestone Township: not graded. New Columbia: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. East Chillisquaque Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Turbot 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 Turbot Township: questions
What is the median household income in Turbot Township?
$72,000 (±$11,821) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Turbot Township?
7.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Turbot Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Turbot Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milton (9%, 3 mi), Mahoning Township (7%, 11 mi), Kelly Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Turbot Township walkable?
Turbot Township is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Turbot Township without a car?
1% 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 Turbot Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Turbot 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.