Photo: Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of West Township works elsewhere
Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. 22 jobs are based in West Township; 193 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in West Township itself; outside it, Snyder Township draws the most (8%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of West Township
On a workday 193 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in West Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting out of West Township: the destinations
Where West Township clocks in
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 73% of the jobs in West Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Township, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 22. 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 West Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from West Township takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 5% 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 West Township’s workers travel
About 30% 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.
Around West Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Franklin Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $79,531 |
| Barree Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Franklin Township | 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Logan Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Oneida Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Barree Township, Franklin Township and Logan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Oneida Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West 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 West Township: questions
What is the median household income in West Township?
$79,531 (±$7,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Township?
8.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Snyder Township (8%, 14 mi), Altoona (6%, 23 mi), Ferguson Township (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West 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 West Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of West 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.