Photo: Smallbones · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Tyrone Township
Only 5% work in Tyrone Township; the top destination outside it is Saville Township (5%, 10 miles). Jobs and income earn Tyrone Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B. A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Tyrone Township apart
What’s behind Tyrone Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Tyrone Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Tyrone Township’s grade up (9.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.0%) 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−.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 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 760 commuters (the 12% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Tyrone Township
On a workday 735 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Tyrone Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Tyrone Township’s residents
Where Tyrone 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.
Jobs in Tyrone Township: what the 450 are
450 jobs are based in Tyrone Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tyrone Township, 2013 → 2023: 255 → 450. 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 Tyrone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Tyrone Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tyrone Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 866 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). 6.6% 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 places 2,804th of 5,234 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 29 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,802 | Bellville OH | 2,013 | $67K | 11.8% | 3.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,803 | Mont Alto PA | 1,563 | $81K | 10.0% | 7.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,804 | Tyrone Township PA | 1,958 | $70K | 9.8% | 4.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,805 | West Hill OH | 2,425 | $40K | 14.5% | 3.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,806 | Biltmore TN | 1,846 | $53K | 9.6% | 5.4% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 | – | C+ | B | 31 min | $70,347 |
| Upper Frankford Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 32 min | $77,862 |
| Lower Mifflin Township | under 3% | C | C | 32 min | $60,682 |
| Lower Frankford Township | under 3% | B− | D | 27 min | $76,797 |
| Spring Township | 2% | C+ | C− | 35 min | $81,528 |
| Northeast Madison Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Saville Township | 5% | A− | C | 47 min | $82,958 |
Same-state neighbors only. Northeast Madison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Saville 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 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 Tyrone Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tyrone Township?
$70,347 (±$8,784) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tyrone Township?
9.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tyrone Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tyrone Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saville Township (5%, 10 mi), Harrisburg (5%, 24 mi), Carlisle (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tyrone Township walkable?
Tyrone Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tyrone Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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), 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.