Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWorthington has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. 60 jobs are based in Worthington for 279 working residents. Only 2% work in Worthington; the top destination outside it is Butler (7%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Worthington stands out on work
Worthington on a workday afternoon
On a workday 274 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Worthington on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Worthington work
Where Worthington clocks in
7% of workers
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.
Jobs in Worthington: what the 60 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worthington, 2014 → 2024: 101 → 60. 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 Worthington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for Worthington’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worthington workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 248 commuters (the 13% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Worthington
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 Worthington: questions
What is the median household income in Worthington?
$74,000 (±$30,812) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worthington?
8.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worthington?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Worthington work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Butler (7%, 14 mi), East Franklin Township (7%, 4 mi), Pittsburgh (6%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Worthington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Worthington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worthington
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.