How Wilcox works: jobs, income and commuting
The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Only 6% stay in Wilcox for work; outside it, St. Marys is the main destination (17%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Wilcox
On a workday 181 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Wilcox on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Wilcox’s residents
Where Wilcox clocks in
17% of workers
14% of workers
12% 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.
80% of the jobs in Wilcox make or build things
120 jobs are based in Wilcox.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilcox, 2014 → 2024: 153 → 120. 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 Wilcox’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 16 minutes in Wilcox
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilcox workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 193 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Wilcox 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 Wilcox: questions
What is the median household income in Wilcox?
$57,500 (±$11,226) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilcox?
18.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilcox?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilcox work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Marys (17%, 12 mi), Johnsonburg (14%, 6 mi), Kane (12%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wilcox without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilcox, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilcox
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.