Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Zerbe Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns. There are 139 jobs in Zerbe Township, and 762 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Zerbe Township is better than 18% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Zerbe Township in brief
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Zerbe Township
Job access by car holds Zerbe Township’s grade up (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Zerbe Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Zerbe Township could be anywhere from D to C.
The workday shuffle in and out of Zerbe Township
On a workday 736 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Zerbe Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
8% of working residents work in Mahoning Township
Where Zerbe Township clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 Zerbe Township: what the 139 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Zerbe Township, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 139. 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 Zerbe Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Zerbe Township: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Zerbe Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 785 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far it is to work from Zerbe Township
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.
Most of Zerbe Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 852 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). 5.8% of Zerbe Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Zerbe Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Zerbe Township is 4,445th of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 38 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,443 | Dick Johnson Township IN | 1,321 | $63K | 18.1% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| 4,444 | West St. Clair Township PA | 1,639 | $53K | 11.0% | 2.1% | 5% | C− |
| 4,445 | Zerbe Township PA | 1,769 | $58K | 17.4% | 5.3% | 3% | C− |
| 4,446 | Belcourt ND | 1,547 | $91K | 27.7% | 0.0% | 48% | C− |
| 4,447 | Craigsville WV | 2,190 | $40K | 6.1% | 2.3% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Zerbe Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Zerbe Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Coal Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Zerbe Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zerbe Township | – | C− | B | 28 min | $58,287 |
| Shamokin Township | 2% | B+ | B− | 29 min | $95,000 |
| West Cameron Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Coal Township | 5% | C− | B+ | 27 min | $51,010 |
| Little Mahanoy Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Cameron Township and Little Mahanoy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Zerbe 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 Zerbe Township: questions
What is the median household income in Zerbe Township?
$58,287 (±$7,637) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Zerbe Township?
17.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Zerbe Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Zerbe Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (8%, 13 mi), Coal Township (5%, 7 mi), Ralpho Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Zerbe Township walkable?
Zerbe Township is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Zerbe Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Zerbe Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Zerbe 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.