Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Wallaceton has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
23% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%). Wallaceton has 9 jobs, and 97 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Wallaceton for work; outside it, Lawrence Township is the main destination (14%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Wallaceton
On a workday 96 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Wallaceton 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Wallaceton ends
Where Wallaceton clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Wallaceton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wallaceton, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 9. 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 Wallaceton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Wallaceton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wallaceton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 113 commuters (the 23% 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 Wallaceton
About 24% 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.
How Wallaceton compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bradford Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wallaceton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallaceton | – | — | — | 26 min | $68,125 |
| Boggs Township | under 4% | D | C− | 32 min | $61,354 |
| Bradford Township | 6% | C | C− | 22 min | $55,938 |
| Graham Township | under 4% | C | D | 34 min | $77,917 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wallaceton’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 Wallaceton: questions
What is the median household income in Wallaceton?
$68,125 (±$23,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wallaceton?
17.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wallaceton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wallaceton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrence Township (14%, 12 mi), College Township (7%, 27 mi), Bradford Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wallaceton 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 Wallaceton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wallaceton
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.