How Yatesboro works: jobs, income and commuting
Employers in Yatesboro report 37 jobs, and 64 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 33% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Hardly any work in Yatesboro; the top destination outside it is East Franklin Township (17%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Yatesboro by day and by night
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22 people are in Yatesboro on a workday afternoon, 55% fewer than live here.
0.58 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Yatesboro work
Where Yatesboro clocks in
17% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Yatesboro is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yatesboro, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 37. 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 Yatesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Yatesboro
of Yatesboro workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 commuters (the 33% 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 distance from Yatesboro to work
About 16% 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.
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 Yatesboro: questions
What is the poverty rate in Yatesboro?
8.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Yatesboro work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Franklin Township (17%, 13 mi), Plumcreek Township (5%, 6 mi), Cowanshannock Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Yatesboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yatesboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yatesboro
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.