Most of Wells Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
116 jobs are based in Wells Township; 480 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Wells Township C; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 2% work in Wells Township; the top destination outside it is Elmira (12%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wells Township stands out on work
Jobs & income in Wells Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Wells Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wells Township’s grade up (6.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Wells 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, Wells Township could be anywhere from D to B.
How many people are in Wells Township by day
On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Wells Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
The towns that employ Wells Township’s residents
Where Wells Township clocks in
12% 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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Wells Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wells Township, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 116. 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 Wells Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Wells Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wells Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 389 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.
The commute from Wells Township, by distance
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.
Getting around Wells Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wells Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 427 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). 4.6% of Wells Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wells Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Wells Township ranks 1,884th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,882 | Fort Lawn SC | 1,009 | $60K | 13.2% | 10.9% | 1% | C |
| 1,883 | Lodi NY | 1,478 | $78K | 9.4% | 3.4% | 4% | C |
| 1,884 | Wells Township PA | 1,147 | $60K | 6.6% | 2.5% | 2% | C |
| 1,885 | Basye VA | 1,481 | $74K | 8.6% | 0.0% | 7% | C |
| 1,886 | Weston OH | 1,486 | $61K | 12.6% | 5.6% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Wells Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Wells Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wells Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Township | – | C | C+ | 28 min | $60,156 |
| South Creek Township | under 3% | C− | C− | 29 min | $57,000 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 33 min | $68,906 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wells 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 Wells Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wells Township?
$60,156 (±$14,346) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wells Township?
6.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wells Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wells Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elmira (12%, 10 mi), Sayre (7%, 18 mi), Horseheads (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wells Township walkable?
Wells Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wells Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wells Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wells 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.