Stanley · Photo: Hshuvaeva · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Abington Township top those of 80% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 7.5% of residents; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. Jobs and income earn Abington Township A−; getting around on foot earns it A+. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Abington Township, in a few figures
Jobs & income in Abington Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Abington Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #370 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Abington Township’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Abington Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
29% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Abington Township clocks in
29% 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 many people are in Abington Township by day
On a workday 25,401 residents head out to work, 2,650 work right here, and 18,491 people come in from elsewhere.
About 52,000 people are in Abington Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What the 21,141 jobs in Abington Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Abington Township, 2014 → 2024: 24,522 → 21,141. 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 Abington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Abington Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Abington Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22,439 commuters (the 22% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Abington Township
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Abington Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Abington Township is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #64 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Abington 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 28,605 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 94% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 32% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 6.9% of Abington Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Abington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Abington Township ranks: 293rd of 749 U.S. towns of 41,000 to 79,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 58 | Haverford Township PA | 50,997 | $132K | 3.4% | 4.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Manheim Township PA | 44,826 | $102K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 111 | Middletown Township PA | 45,547 | $114K | 5.4% | 4.0% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 291 | Schertz TX | 45,978 | $100K | 5.2% | 6.2% | 8% | A− |
| 292 | Diamond Bar CA | 51,884 | $108K | 10.0% | 4.9% | 9% | A− |
| 293 | Abington Township PA | 58,656 | $104K | 7.5% | 5.7% | 9% | A− |
| 294 | North Brunswick Township NJ | 45,097 | $121K | 6.9% | 7.2% | 8% | A− |
| 295 | Tustin CA | 77,843 | $113K | 9.9% | 5.4% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 749 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Abington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
34% of Abington Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Philadelphia (29%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Abington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington Township | – | A− | A+ | 29 min | $103,645 |
| Jenkintown | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 33 min | $110,703 |
| Upper Dublin Township | 3% | A+ | A | 28 min | $168,010 |
| Rockledge | under 2% | B | A+ | 30 min | $92,639 |
| Cheltenham Township | 2% | A− | A+ | 31 min | $109,022 |
| Philadelphia | 29% | C | A+ | 32 min | $61,953 |
| Lower Moreland Township | under 2% | A+ | A | 28 min | $153,639 |
| Wyncote | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Oreland | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wyncote and Oreland: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Abington 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 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 Abington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Abington Township?
$103,645 (±$6,873) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Abington Township?
7.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Abington Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Abington Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (29%, 7 mi), Horsham Township (3%, 6 mi), Upper Dublin Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Abington Township walkable?
Abington Township is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.6 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Abington Township without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 32% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Abington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Abington Township
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. 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.