Vowinckel has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Vowinckel; the top destination outside it is Farmington Township (19%, 4 miles). Employers in Vowinckel report 12 jobs, against 48 working residents. Home is the office for 4% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Vowinckel: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98 people are in Vowinckel on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where the trip to work from Vowinckel ends
Where Vowinckel clocks in
19% of workers
8% 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.
Most jobs in Vowinckel are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vowinckel, 2014 → 2024: 4 → 12. 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 Vowinckel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Vowinckel
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vowinckel workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 74 commuters (the 4% 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 Vowinckel’s workers travel
About 27% 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.
Vowinckel and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vowinckel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vowinckel | – | — | — | 26 min | $53,009 |
| Crown | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Crown: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vowinckel’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 Vowinckel: questions
What is the median household income in Vowinckel?
$53,009 (±$7,089) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vowinckel?
13.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vowinckel?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vowinckel work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington Township (19%, 4 mi), Cranberry Township (8%, 24 mi), Paint Township (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Vowinckel without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vowinckel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vowinckel
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.