Photo: Kathy · CC BY 2.0Most of Amwell Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Employers in Amwell Township report 531 jobs, and 1,537 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Amwell Township are B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How Amwell Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Amwell Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #455 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($77,895, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Amwell Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who works in Amwell Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,483 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 477 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Amwell Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
10% of working residents work in Washington
Where Amwell Township clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
In Amwell Township, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amwell Township, 2013 → 2023: 553 → 531. 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 Amwell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amwell Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,573 commuters (the 6% 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 commute from Amwell Township, by distance
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 trips from Amwell Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Amwell Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #989 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,682 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). 7.4% of Amwell Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Amwell Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Amwell Township places 1,202nd of 4,210 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,200 | Sylvan Township MN | 3,030 | $95K | 6.4% | 2.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,201 | Hopewell Township NJ | 4,517 | $100K | 4.3% | 4.9% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,202 | Amwell Township PA | 3,646 | $78K | 6.6% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,203 | East Franklin Township PA | 3,699 | $98K | 5.7% | 3.6% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,204 | Kingston Township IL | 3,486 | $103K | 3.6% | 7.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,210 | 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 Amwell Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 11% of Amwell Township
The biggest share goes to South Strabane Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amwell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amwell Township | – | B+ | D | 25 min | $77,895 |
| West Bethlehem Township | under 3% | B− | D | 28 min | $64,934 |
| Morris Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| North Bethlehem Township | under 3% | A− | C | 29 min | $94,922 |
| South Franklin Township | under 3% | A | C− | 25 min | $89,318 |
| South Strabane Township | 7% | B+ | C | 21 min | $87,847 |
| North Franklin Township | 4% | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $76,563 |
Same-state neighbors only. Morris Township and Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amwell 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 Amwell Township: questions
What is the median household income in Amwell Township?
$77,895 (±$15,234) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amwell Township?
6.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amwell Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amwell Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (10%, 7 mi), South Strabane Township (7%, 7 mi), North Strabane Township (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amwell Township walkable?
Amwell Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amwell Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amwell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amwell 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.