Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Wayne Township
For 9% of workers, the job is at home (Pennsylvania 16%). The two grades for Wayne Township are C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 3% stay in Wayne Township for work; outside it, Lock Haven is the main destination (11%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wayne Township at work: what stands out
Wayne Township makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Wayne Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wayne Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Wayne Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wayne Township went from 400 in 2013 to 598 in 2023, +50%. The jobs ↓
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 608 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Wayne Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Wayne Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Wayne Township’s grade.
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Wayne Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wayne Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Making and building: 48% of jobs based in Wayne Township
598 jobs are based in Wayne Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne Township, 2013 → 2023: 400 → 598. 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 Wayne Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Wayne Township by day and by night
On a workday 589 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 579 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.
Where Wayne Township goes to work
Where Wayne Township clocks in
11% of workers
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.
The trip to work from Wayne Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wayne Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 469 commuters (the 9% 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 Wayne Township’s workers travel
About 25% 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.
Most of Wayne Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wayne Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 515 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). 4.4% of Wayne Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wayne Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,990th of 6,308: where Wayne Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,988 | Port Carbon PA | 1,806 | $61K | 10.6% | 4.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,989 | Sterling City TX | 1,094 | $67K | 3.8% | 2.5% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,990 | Wayne Township PA | 1,458 | $72K | 12.1% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,991 | Apple River WI | 1,205 | $75K | 7.3% | 3.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,992 | Greeley County KS | 1,089 | $81K | 7.0% | 0.0% | 9% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Wayne Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Wayne Township
The biggest share goes to Castanea Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Township | – | C+ | B− | 22 min | $72,396 |
| Pine Creek Township | 2% | C+ | C | 26 min | $58,657 |
| Dunnstable Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Crawford Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Castanea Township | 6% | C | D− | 21 min | $59,545 |
| Lamar Township | under 2% | B | C | 23 min | $92,188 |
| Greene Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 28 min | $73,517 |
| Nippenose Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dunnstable Township: not graded. Crawford Township and Nippenose Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wayne 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 Wayne Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wayne Township?
$72,396 (±$19,785) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne Township?
12.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lock Haven (11%, 7 mi), Williamsport (7%, 17 mi), Castanea Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wayne Township walkable?
Wayne Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wayne 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 Wayne Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wayne 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.