Unemployment in Tyrone Township (1.0%) is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. For jobs and income Tyrone Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (C). Only 5% stay in Tyrone Township for work; outside it, Straban Township is the main destination (4%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tyrone Township: the figures worth knowing
Tyrone Township makes and builds things
84% of the jobs based in Tyrone Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Tyrone Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Tyrone Township trades workers with the towns around it
Tyrone Township has about as many jobs (917) as working residents (1,056), but they are mostly different people: 1,000 residents leave for work each day while 861 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Tyrone Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Tyrone Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Tyrone Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Unemployment holds Tyrone Township’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (12.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tyrone Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
84% of the jobs in Tyrone Township make or build things
917 jobs are based in Tyrone Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tyrone Township, 2014 → 2024: 744 → 917. 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 Tyrone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Tyrone Township
On a workday 1,000 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 861 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 32 minutes each way for Tyrone Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tyrone Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,170 commuters (the 13% 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 Tyrone Township goes to work
Where Tyrone Township clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Tyrone Township
About 18% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Tyrone Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,346 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of Tyrone Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tyrone Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tyrone Township is 1,462nd of 5,552 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 30 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,460 | Fritch TX | 1,751 | $89K | 5.2% | 2.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,461 | New Glarus WI | 2,266 | $101K | 3.6% | 6.3% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,462 | Tyrone Township PA | 2,355 | $77K | 12.4% | 1.0% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,463 | North Newton Township PA | 2,600 | $78K | 9.4% | 2.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,464 | North Zanesville OH | 2,758 | $84K | 4.4% | 4.6% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Tyrone Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Tyrone Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tyrone Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Township | – | B+ | C | 32 min | $77,460 |
| Huntington Township | 3% | A− | C− | 30 min | $75,324 |
| Straban Township | 4% | B+ | B+ | 27 min | $88,438 |
| Reading Township | under 2% | A− | D | 33 min | $95,417 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | B− | C | 26 min | $89,276 |
| Idaville | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Menallen Township | 2% | B | D | 28 min | $86,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Idaville: 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 Straban Township. Darker towns draw more of Tyrone 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 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 Tyrone Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tyrone Township?
$77,460 (±$11,811) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tyrone Township?
12.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tyrone Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tyrone Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Straban Township (4%, 5 mi), Hanover (4%, 13 mi), Gettysburg (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Tyrone Township walkable?
Tyrone Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tyrone Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tyrone Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tyrone Township
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. 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.