Photo: Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Wellsboro has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 2,318 people come in to work
The two grades for Wellsboro are C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. 2,746 jobs are based in Wellsboro, against 1,344 working residents. About one in three work in Wellsboro; the top destination outside it is Charleston Township (5%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wellsboro
Wellsboro is where the jobs are
Wellsboro has 2,746 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,800 people are in town, 41% more than the 3,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Wellsboro are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Wellsboro is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wellsboro
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wellsboro is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #929 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Wellsboro’s grade up (9.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wellsboro could be anywhere from D to B.
Who works in Wellsboro, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 916 residents head out to work and 428 work right here.
About 4,800 people are in Wellsboro on a workday afternoon, 41% more 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.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Wellsboro
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wellsboro workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,323 commuters (the 14% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Wellsboro
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wellsboro, 2014 → 2024: 3,042 → 2,746. 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 Wellsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Wellsboro
Where Wellsboro clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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 distance from Wellsboro to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Wellsboro is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wellsboro is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #151 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Wellsboro 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 1,535 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). 9.8% of Wellsboro households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Wellsboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wellsboro next to U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600: 3,459th of 4,402 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 68 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,457 | Gaines NY | 3,301 | $57K | 10.6% | 7.5% | 3% | C− |
| 3,458 | Hilliard FL | 3,161 | $65K | 25.2% | 2.6% | 6% | C− |
| 3,459 | Wellsboro PA | 3,393 | $66K | 9.3% | 6.8% | 32% | C− |
| 3,460 | Pierce Township IN | 2,559 | $57K | 14.2% | 5.7% | 1% | C− |
| 3,461 | Shady Spring WV | 3,381 | $67K | 13.8% | 5.8% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Wellsboro, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Wellsboro
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wellsboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellsboro | – | C− | A | 16 min | $66,201 |
| Delmar Township | 2% | B− | C+ | 23 min | $64,048 |
| Charleston Township | 5% | B | C+ | 18 min | $72,595 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Charleston Township. Darker towns draw more of Wellsboro’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 Wellsboro: questions
What is the median household income in Wellsboro?
$66,201 (±$3,439) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wellsboro?
9.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wellsboro?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wellsboro work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleston Township (5%, 4 mi), Mansfield (4%, 12 mi), Blossburg (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Wellsboro walkable?
Wellsboro is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wellsboro without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wellsboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wellsboro
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. 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.