Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Most of Tyrone Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Tyrone Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Tyrone Township has 307 jobs; 689 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Tyrone Township for work; outside it, Altoona is the main destination (17%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tyrone Township, in a few figures
Tyrone Township and Altoona trade workers both ways
Altoona is the top workplace for Tyrone Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Tyrone Township come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Tyrone Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Tyrone Township fell from 545 in 2014 to 307 in 2024, −44%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Tyrone Township makes and builds things
36% 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 19%. The jobs ↓
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; with 689 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Tyrone Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Tyrone Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Tyrone Township’s grade up ($91,667, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Tyrone Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Tyrone Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
The towns that employ Tyrone Township’s residents
Where Tyrone 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.
Making and building: 36% of jobs based in Tyrone Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tyrone Township, 2014 → 2024: 545 → 307. 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.
Tyrone Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 680 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 298 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Tyrone Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
How long Tyrone Township spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 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 715 commuters (the 10% 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 many miles Tyrone Township commutes
About 22% 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.
Getting around Tyrone Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tyrone Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 793 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). 15.2% 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.
Out of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400, Tyrone Township comes 2,338th 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 34 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,336 | Pinetop Country Club AZ | 2,054 | $80K | 5.7% | 5.9% | 6% | B− |
| 2,337 | Coosada AL | 1,315 | $62K | 10.0% | 1.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,338 | Tyrone Township PA | 1,814 | $92K | 13.2% | 0.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,339 | Inverness CA | 1,346 | $80K | 4.8% | 10.0% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,340 | Bourg LA | 2,239 | $69K | 10.4% | 4.0% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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.
The towns next door employ 23% of Tyrone Township
The biggest share goes to Logan Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tyrone Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Township | – | C+ | C+ | 24 min | $91,667 |
| Antis Township | 5% | B− | C | 26 min | $71,889 |
| Warriors Mark Township | under 2% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $87,350 |
| Logan Township | 9% | B | B− | 20 min | $73,333 |
| Catharine Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Frankstown Township | under 2% | A− | D | 20 min | $97,714 |
| Spruce Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Snyder Township | 9% | C | C | 26 min | $71,071 |
| Morris Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Birmingham | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Catharine Township, Spruce Creek Township, Morris Township and Birmingham: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$91,667 (±$9,482) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tyrone Township?
13.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tyrone Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tyrone Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (17%, 9 mi), Logan Township (9%, 10 mi), Snyder Township (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Tyrone Township walkable?
Tyrone Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tyrone Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.