Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of West Mayfield commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn West Mayfield B−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Employers in West Mayfield report 129 jobs, against 567 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where West Mayfield stands out on work
The figures behind West Mayfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, West Mayfield is better than 53% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds West Mayfield’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($54,731, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (10.6%) is left out: West Mayfield’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, West Mayfield could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Who works in West Mayfield, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 563 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in West Mayfield on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 2024, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Beaver Falls
Where West Mayfield clocks in
8% of workers
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.
A place that makes things: 66% of West Mayfield’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Mayfield, 2014 → 2024: 91 → 129. 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 West Mayfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From West Mayfield, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Mayfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 622 commuters (the 8% 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 West Mayfield, by distance
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.
West Mayfield is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, West Mayfield is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 676 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 4.8% of West Mayfield households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of West Mayfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
West Mayfield is 1,340th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 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% | 2% | 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% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,338 | Townsend Township OH | 1,516 | $52K | 5.5% | 2.3% | 1% | B− |
| 1,339 | East Canton OH | 1,513 | $57K | 8.9% | 3.2% | 3% | B− |
| 1,340 | West Mayfield PA | 1,163 | $55K | 7.6% | 10.6% | 1% | B− |
| 1,341 | Manawa WI | 1,411 | $88K | 10.6% | 3.9% | 12% | B− |
| 1,342 | Clay Township IN | 1,081 | $75K | 6.1% | 3.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 West Mayfield, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 13% of West Mayfield’s workers
The biggest share goes to Beaver Falls (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Mayfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Mayfield | – | B− | B+ | 26 min | $54,731 |
| Beaver Falls | 8% | C− | A+ | 21 min | $49,924 |
| Chippewa Township | 5% | A− | C | 33 min | $94,806 |
| White Township | under 2% | C | C | 22 min | $56,136 |
| Big Beaver | under 2% | B+ | C | 30 min | $71,678 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West Mayfield’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 West Mayfield: questions
What is the median household income in West Mayfield?
$54,731 (±$8,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Mayfield?
7.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Mayfield?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Mayfield work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beaver Falls (8%, 2 mi), Pittsburgh (8%, 30 mi), Chippewa Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is West Mayfield walkable?
West Mayfield is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around West Mayfield without a car?
8% 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 West Mayfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Mayfield
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.