Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Wetmore Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Wetmore Township has 324 jobs for 598 working residents. Jobs and income earn Wetmore Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 6% work in Wetmore Township; the top destination outside it is Kane (31%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Wetmore Township
Wetmore Township and Kane trade workers both ways
Kane is the top workplace for Wetmore Township residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Wetmore Township come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Wetmore Township makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Wetmore Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wetmore Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Wetmore Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
69% of the jobs based in Wetmore Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 53% of the jobs Wetmore Township residents hold. 89% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Wetmore Township. 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 598 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Wetmore Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Wetmore Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wetmore Township’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.3%) is left out: Wetmore Township’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, Wetmore Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Out of Wetmore Township to work: where people go
Where Wetmore Township clocks in
31% of workers
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.
Making and building: 52% of jobs based in Wetmore Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wetmore Township, 2013 → 2023: 353 → 324. 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 Wetmore Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Wetmore Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 562 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Wetmore Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
How long Wetmore Township spends getting to work: 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 Wetmore Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 849 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Wetmore Township
About 18% 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.
For most of Wetmore Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wetmore Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 926 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). 2.8% of Wetmore Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wetmore Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wetmore Township places 2,466th of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | 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+ |
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| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 2,464 | Brunswick Township MN | 1,397 | $92K | 8.6% | 6.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,465 | Washington NH | 1,221 | $89K | 8.7% | 0.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,466 | Wetmore Township PA | 1,567 | $83K | 6.3% | 0.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,467 | South Canaan Township PA | 1,873 | $77K | 11.4% | 8.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,468 | Royalton WI | 1,330 | $79K | 9.1% | 5.7% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Wetmore Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Wetmore Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wetmore Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetmore Township | – | C+ | D | 22 min | $82,988 |
| Hamilton Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Sheffield Township | under 2% | D | C | 20 min | $58,042 |
| Hamlin Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Jones Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 25 min | $67,500 |
| Highland Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Lafayette Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 31 min | $66,700 |
| Sergeant Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Howe Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hamilton Township, Hamlin Township, Highland Township, Sergeant Township and Howe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wetmore 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 Wetmore Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wetmore Township?
$82,988 (±$3,674) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wetmore Township?
6.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wetmore Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wetmore Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kane (31%, 1 mi), Warren (6%, 20 mi), St. Marys (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wetmore Township walkable?
Wetmore Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wetmore Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wetmore Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wetmore 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.