Pennsylvania Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Illinois as a whole has 16%. 3 jobs are based in Pennsylvania Township for 33 working residents. Hardly any stay in Pennsylvania Township for work; outside it, Easton is the main destination (9%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Pennsylvania Township
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Pennsylvania Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where people from Pennsylvania Township work
Where Pennsylvania Township clocks in
9% 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.
Making and building: 33% of jobs based in Pennsylvania Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pennsylvania Township, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 3. 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 Pennsylvania Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Pennsylvania Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pennsylvania Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 128 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Pennsylvania Township, by distance
About 34% 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.
Next door to Pennsylvania Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pennsylvania Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Township | – | — | — | 30 min | $71,563 |
| Salt Creek Township | under 4% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Sherman Township | under 4% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Manito Township | under 4% | B | B− | 27 min | $68,942 |
| Mason City Township | under 4% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Salt Creek Township and Sherman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Mason City Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pennsylvania Township?
$71,563 (±$12,541) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pennsylvania Township?
2.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pennsylvania Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pennsylvania Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Easton (9%, 4 mi), Havana (9%, 15 mi), Chicago (6%, 154 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pennsylvania Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pennsylvania Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pennsylvania 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.