Bradford County Courthouse · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Wysox Township draws 1,562 commuters a day, with 2.7 jobs for every working resident
There are 1,637 jobs in Wysox Township; 610 of its residents have a job. Wysox Township grades D for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in seven work in Wysox Township; the top destination outside it is Towanda (10%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Wysox Township in brief
Wysox Township is where the jobs are
Wysox Township has 1,637 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,600 people are in town, 66% more than the 1,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Wysox Township makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Wysox Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wysox Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Wysox Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. 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 610 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Wysox Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Wysox Township is better than 14% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wysox Township’s grade up (13.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.8%) is left out: Wysox Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wysox Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
The daily flow of workers through Wysox Township
On a workday 535 residents head out to work and 75 work right here.
About 2,600 people are in Wysox Township on a workday afternoon, 66% more 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.
Goods jobs make up 44% of work in Wysox Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wysox Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,236 → 1,637. 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 Wysox Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Wysox Township: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wysox Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 523 commuters (the 9% 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.
The towns that send workers to Wysox Township
Where Wysox Township clocks in
10% 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.
How far it is to work from Wysox Township
About 26% 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.
Getting around Wysox Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wysox Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Wysox Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 576 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). 4.6% of Wysox Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wysox Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Wysox Township ranks 4,453rd of 5,794 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,451 | Leon IA | 1,773 | $54K | 10.7% | 0.8% | 22% | D |
| 4,452 | Helena OK | 1,527 | $62K | 12.0% | 8.7% | 11% | D |
| 4,453 | Wysox Township PA | 1,545 | $60K | 13.0% | 7.8% | 12% | D |
| 4,454 | Jackson WI | 1,183 | $60K | 15.9% | 5.3% | 1% | D |
| 4,455 | Jonesboro IL | 1,635 | $59K | 20.9% | 1.3% | 6% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Wysox Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 24% of Wysox Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wysox Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wysox Township | – | D | B | 19 min | $60,357 |
| Asylum Township | 2% | C+ | D− | 24 min | $73,382 |
| Towanda Township | 2% | D− | C− | 17 min | $50,179 |
| North Towanda Township | 10% | D− | B+ | 21 min | $28,906 |
| Towanda | 10% | C− | A | 20 min | $60,888 |
| Sheshequin Township | under 2% | C− | C | 23 min | $62,321 |
| Standing Stone Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Rome Township | under 2% | B | D | 27 min | $90,769 |
| Herrick Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Standing Stone Township and Herrick Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to North Towanda Township. Darker towns draw more of Wysox 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 Wysox Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wysox Township?
$60,357 (±$22,666) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wysox Township?
13.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wysox Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wysox Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Towanda (10%, 5 mi), North Towanda Township (10%, 6 mi), Wyalusing Township (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wysox Township walkable?
Wysox Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wysox Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wysox Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wysox 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.