Households in Waymart have lower incomes than those in 86% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Waymart D; getting around on foot earns it A−. Poverty touches 21.1% of residents, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. 3% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Waymart: the gist
Fewer jobs are based in Waymart than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Waymart fell from 886 in 2013 to 454 in 2023, −49%. 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 ↓
Waymart makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Waymart are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Waymart residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 465 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Waymart: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Waymart is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Waymart’s grade up (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Waymart’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, Waymart could be anywhere from D to C.
Making and building: 44% of jobs based in Waymart
454 jobs are based in Waymart.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waymart, 2013 → 2023: 886 → 454. 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 Waymart’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Waymart
About 31% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Waymart
On a workday 445 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 434 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Honesdale
Where Waymart clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
About 23 minutes to work from Waymart
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waymart workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 442 commuters (the 3% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Waymart
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Waymart is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Waymart 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 455 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 16.9% of Waymart households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Waymart’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Waymart is 3,870th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,868 | Sunfish Township OH | 1,173 | $57K | 12.3% | 0.6% | 1% | D |
| 3,869 | West Marion NC | 1,066 | $37K | 15.1% | 0.0% | <1% | D |
| 3,870 | Waymart PA | 1,287 | $52K | 21.1% | 1.7% | 4% | D |
| 3,871 | Bangs TX | 1,523 | $48K | 13.0% | 2.6% | 10% | D |
| 3,872 | Basin WY | 1,334 | $66K | 14.9% | 0.0% | 26% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Waymart, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Waymart and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Canaan Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waymart workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waymart | – | D | A− | 23 min | $51,544 |
| Canaan Township | 6% | C | C− | 28 min | $73,036 |
| Clinton Township | under 3% | C | C− | 26 min | $67,708 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waymart’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 Waymart: questions
What is the median household income in Waymart?
$51,544 (±$10,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waymart?
21.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waymart?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waymart work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Honesdale (8%, 8 mi), Canaan Township (6%, 1 mi), Salem Township (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Waymart walkable?
Waymart is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Waymart without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waymart, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waymart
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.