Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUpper Yoder Township has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B−: better than 48% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #708 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns · #738 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania.
Household incomes here are lower than in 63% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 23 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 5% work in Upper Yoder Township; the top destination outside it is Johnstown (24%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Upper Yoder Township, in brief
What’s behind Upper Yoder Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Yoder Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #708 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Upper Yoder Township’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Yoder Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Upper Yoder Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,799 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 1,308 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Upper Yoder Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.74 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.
24% of working residents work in Johnstown
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Upper Yoder Township clocks in
24% of workers
13% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 1,393 jobs in Upper Yoder Township are
1,393 jobs are based in Upper Yoder Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Yoder Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Yoder Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,595 → 1,393. 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.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Yoder Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,842 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Upper Yoder Township commutes less than 7 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Upper Yoder Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Yoder Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #738 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,174 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). 3.7% of Upper Yoder Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Yoder Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Upper Yoder Township is 2,080th of 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Upper Yoder Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 35 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,078 | French Lick Township IN | 4,746 | $61K | 7.8% | 1.9% | 35% | B− |
| 2,079 | Montgomery Township OH | 4,222 | $76K | 10.0% | 4.7% | 7% | B− |
| 2,080 | Upper Yoder Township PA | 4,985 | $67K | 5.2% | 6.0% | 5% | B− |
| 2,081 | West Mead Township PA | 4,937 | $65K | 12.6% | 2.0% | 8% | B− |
| 2,082 | Cortland IL | 4,676 | $74K | 7.0% | 8.2% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
33% of Upper Yoder Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Johnstown (24%). Darker towns draw more of Upper Yoder Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Yoder Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Yoder Township | – | B− | C+ | 23 min | $66,974 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | B− | D | 38 min | $70,815 |
| Southmont | 2% | B− | B+ | 26 min | $73,400 |
| Johnstown | 24% | D | A | 20 min | $37,888 |
| Ferndale | under 2% | C | A− | 20 min | $56,625 |
| Westmont | 2% | B | C+ | 22 min | $108,988 |
| Lower Yoder Township | 3% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $42,970 |
| Conemaugh Township | 2% | C+ | D | 25 min | $75,459 |
| Stonycreek Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 18 min | $54,648 |
| Riverside | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Riverside: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Yoder Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Yoder Township?
$66,974 (±$13,669) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Yoder Township?
5.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Yoder Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Yoder Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnstown (24%, 4 mi), Richland Township (13%, 8 mi), Lower Yoder Township (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Yoder Township walkable?
Upper Yoder Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Yoder Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Yoder Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Yoder 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.