Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Alsace Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
8% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Employers in Alsace Township report 449 jobs for 1,859 working residents. The two grades for Alsace Township are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Alsace Township
Alsace Township makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Alsace Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Alsace Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Alsace Township is a place people come home to
There are 449 jobs based in Alsace Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Alsace Township has about 2,500 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Alsace Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 38 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.
The figures behind Alsace Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Alsace Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #358 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Alsace Township’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($71,103, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alsace Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Alsace Township makes things: 48% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alsace Township, 2013 → 2023: 334 → 449. 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 Alsace Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Alsace Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,811 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 401 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Alsace Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Getting to work from Alsace Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alsace Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,780 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.
11% of working residents work in Reading
Where Alsace Township clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
Alsace Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Alsace Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alsace Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #754 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,931 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). 8.8% of Alsace Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Alsace Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300, Alsace Township ranks 980th of 4,084 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 64 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 978 | Rosewood Heights IL | 4,229 | $72K | 6.8% | 2.6% | 1% | A− |
| 979 | Deerfield MA | 5,147 | $106K | 7.8% | 2.8% | 16% | A− |
| 980 | Alsace Township PA | 3,937 | $71K | 6.6% | 2.3% | 3% | A− |
| 981 | Brices Creek NC | 3,415 | $86K | 3.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 982 | Preston CT | 4,873 | $117K | 2.4% | 5.4% | 5% | A− |
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| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Alsace Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Alsace Township
The biggest share goes to Muhlenberg Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alsace Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alsace Township | – | A− | C+ | 21 min | $71,103 |
| Muhlenberg Township | 6% | B+ | B | 23 min | $88,069 |
| Exeter Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $100,083 |
| Lower Alsace Township | under 2% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $76,250 |
| Oley Township | 3% | A | B+ | 27 min | $90,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alsace 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 Alsace Township: questions
What is the median household income in Alsace Township?
$71,103 (±$17,117) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alsace Township?
6.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alsace Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alsace Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (11%, 5 mi), Muhlenberg Township (6%, 4 mi), Maxatawny Township (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Alsace Township walkable?
Alsace Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alsace Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alsace Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alsace 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.