Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Wolf Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 3% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. 485 jobs are based in Wolf Township, against 1,411 working residents. Jobs and income earn Wolf Township C; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wolf Township
Few Wolf 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 ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Wolf Township
60% of Wolf Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Wolf Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Wolf Township empties out on a workday
About 2,200 people are in Wolf Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 3,100 who live here: 1,400 head out to work and 440 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Where Wolf Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wolf Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #848 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Wolf Township’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wolf Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wolf Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,401 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.
What Wolf Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wolf Township, 2013 → 2023: 288 → 485. 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 Wolf Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Wolf Township
On a workday 1,366 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 440 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Wolf Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
15% of working residents work in Williamsport
Where Wolf Township clocks in
15% 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.
Where in the region Wolf Township works
About 24% 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 Wolf Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wolf Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #946 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,439 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). 5.4% of Wolf Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wolf Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Wolf Township ranks: 3,072nd of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,070 | Warrensburg NY | 3,937 | $61K | 14.7% | 2.8% | 17% | C |
| 3,071 | New Haven NY | 3,005 | $91K | 15.6% | 5.4% | 2% | C |
| 3,072 | Wolf Township PA | 3,084 | $71K | 13.1% | 6.1% | 3% | C |
| 3,073 | Newbury VT | 2,371 | $62K | 14.0% | 2.0% | 10% | C |
| 3,074 | Oregon IL | 3,573 | $72K | 14.8% | 5.4% | 20% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wolf Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
11% of Wolf Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Muncy Creek Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wolf Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Township | – | C | D | 22 min | $71,492 |
| Mill Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Muncy Township | 5% | B+ | B | 24 min | $85,714 |
| Picture Rocks | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Muncy Creek Township | 6% | B− | C+ | 18 min | $75,882 |
| Penn Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Moreland Township | under 3% | B− | D | 26 min | $95,147 |
| Shrewsbury Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mill Creek Township, Picture Rocks, Penn Township and Shrewsbury Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wolf 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 Wolf Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wolf Township?
$71,492 (±$12,722) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wolf Township?
13.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wolf Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wolf Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (15%, 16 mi), Hughesville (6%, 1 mi), Muncy Creek Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wolf Township walkable?
Wolf Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wolf Township 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 Wolf Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wolf 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.