Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Wiconisco Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 76 jobs in Wiconisco Township; 447 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Wiconisco Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. 3% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Wiconisco Township apart on work
Wiconisco Township is a place people come home to
There are 76 jobs based in Wiconisco Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wiconisco Township has about 790 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Wiconisco Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 447 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Wiconisco Township
On income, poverty and job access, Wiconisco Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wiconisco Township’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Wiconisco 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, Wiconisco Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
In and out of Wiconisco Township on a workday
On a workday 444 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Wiconisco 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 daily trip from Wiconisco Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wiconisco Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 3% 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.
7% of working residents work in Washington Township
Where Wiconisco Township clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Wiconisco Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wiconisco Township, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 76. 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 Wiconisco Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Wiconisco Township works
About 17% 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.
Most of Wiconisco Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wiconisco Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 441 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). 7.1% of Wiconisco Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Wiconisco Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Wiconisco Township comes 2,009th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,007 | Newport PA | 1,511 | $63K | 10.5% | 4.7% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,008 | Ursa Township IL | 1,088 | $67K | 7.5% | 4.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,009 | Wiconisco Township PA | 1,157 | $68K | 7.5% | 7.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,010 | Saxeville WI | 1,026 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,011 | Papaikou HI | 1,332 | $79K | 10.9% | 3.4% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Wiconisco Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
12% of Wiconisco Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wiconisco Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiconisco Township | – | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $68,438 |
| Lykens | 5% | C− | A | 30 min | $73,318 |
| Washington Township | 7% | B | A− | 33 min | $80,682 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 32 min | $95,515 |
| Williams Township | under 3% | C− | D | 39 min | $78,182 |
| Lykens Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lykens Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wiconisco 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 Wiconisco Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wiconisco Township?
$68,438 (±$17,494) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wiconisco Township?
7.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wiconisco Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wiconisco Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington Township (7%, 6 mi), Harrisburg (6%, 23 mi), Lykens (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wiconisco Township walkable?
Wiconisco Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wiconisco Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wiconisco Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wiconisco 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.