Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0Most of Upper Tyrone Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Upper Tyrone Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. There are 126 jobs in Upper Tyrone Township, and 749 of its residents work somewhere. 7% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Upper Tyrone Township
Fewer jobs are based in Upper Tyrone Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Upper Tyrone Township fell from 803 in 2013 to 126 in 2023, −84%. 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 ↓
Upper Tyrone Township is a place people come home to
There are 126 jobs based in Upper Tyrone Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Upper Tyrone Township has about 1,100 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 749 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Upper Tyrone Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Upper Tyrone Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Upper Tyrone Township’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($67,875, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.7%) is left out: Upper 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, Upper Tyrone Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Jobs in Upper Tyrone Township: what the 126 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Tyrone Township, 2013 → 2023: 803 → 126. 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 Upper Tyrone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Upper Tyrone Township on a workday
On a workday 744 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Upper Tyrone Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
11% of working residents work in East Huntingdon Township
Where Upper Tyrone Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Getting to work from Upper Tyrone Township takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Tyrone Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 719 commuters (the 7% 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 far it is to work from Upper Tyrone Township
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 Upper Tyrone Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Tyrone Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Upper Tyrone Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 770 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). 2.3% of Upper Tyrone Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Tyrone Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Upper Tyrone Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 2,509th of 5,760 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 37 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | East Jordan MI | 2,243 | $60K | 10.5% | 0.9% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,508 | Burlington Township MI | 1,984 | $74K | 8.4% | 5.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,509 | Upper Tyrone Township PA | 1,694 | $68K | 11.6% | 6.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,510 | Southmont NC | 1,525 | $91K | 15.4% | 0.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,511 | Crainville IL | 1,507 | $65K | 10.2% | 2.9% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Upper Tyrone Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 18% of Upper Tyrone Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to East Huntingdon Township (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Tyrone Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Tyrone Township | – | C+ | D | 25 min | $67,875 |
| East Huntingdon Township | 11% | B− | C− | 26 min | $68,286 |
| Everson | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Bullskin Township | 2% | B− | D | 31 min | $69,814 |
| Scottdale | 5% | C− | B | 24 min | $55,423 |
| Connellsville Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 23 min | $55,395 |
| Lower Tyrone Township | under 3% | B | B− | 29 min | $74,792 |
| Dunbar Township | under 3% | C | C− | 25 min | $60,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Everson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper 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 Upper Tyrone Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Tyrone Township?
$67,875 (±$13,414) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Tyrone Township?
11.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Tyrone Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Tyrone Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Huntingdon Township (11%, 4 mi), Hempfield Township (7%, 14 mi), Scottdale (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Tyrone Township walkable?
Upper Tyrone Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Tyrone Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Tyrone Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper 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.