There are 3.0 jobs in Ayr Township for every working resident, and 2,380 people commute in
Jobs and income earn Ayr Township C; getting around on foot earns it C. Ayr Township has 2,564 jobs for 854 working residents. About one in five work in Ayr Township; the top destination outside it is Todd Township (8%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ayr Township stands out on work
Ayr Township makes and builds things
89% of the jobs based in Ayr Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ayr Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Ayr Township has far more jobs than workers
Ayr Township has 2,564 jobs, 3.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,700 people are in town, 86% more than the 2,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Ayr Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
84% of the jobs based in Ayr Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 60% of the jobs Ayr Township residents hold. 93% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Ayr Township. The jobs ↓
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; with 854 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Ayr Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Ayr Township is better than 29% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ayr Township’s grade up (9.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Ayr Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Ayr Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Ayr Township works in goods: 89% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ayr Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,401 → 2,564. 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 Ayr Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Ayr Township
On a workday 670 residents head out to work and 184 work right here.
About 3,700 people are in Ayr Township on a workday afternoon, 86% more than live here.
3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 the people who work in Ayr Township live
Where Ayr Township clocks in
8% 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.
About 28 minutes each way for Ayr Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ayr Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 780 commuters (the 11% 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 distance from Ayr Township to work
About 24% 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.
For most of Ayr Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ayr Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 875 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). 9.9% of Ayr Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ayr Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Ayr Township comes 3,434th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Ovid Township MI | 2,217 | $73K | 8.9% | 7.1% | 2% | C |
| 3,433 | Dudley Township OH | 1,448 | $78K | 23.3% | 3.4% | <1% | C |
| 3,434 | Ayr Township PA | 1,995 | $62K | 9.0% | 4.2% | 22% | C |
| 3,435 | Epworth GA | 1,994 | $67K | 40.6% | 0.0% | 0% | C |
| 3,436 | Vinita Park MO | 1,923 | $54K | 20.8% | 7.1% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Ayr Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Ayr Township and its neighbors: 16% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ayr Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayr Township | – | C | C | 28 min | $61,818 |
| Todd Township | 8% | C+ | C− | 23 min | $74,485 |
| Warren Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Belfast Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 36 min | $64,074 |
| Peters Township | 2% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $76,829 |
| McConnellsburg | 6% | D− | A+ | 16 min | $36,875 |
| Licking Creek Township | under 2% | C | C− | 29 min | $78,036 |
| Thompson Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 41 min | $81,932 |
Same-state neighbors only. Warren Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Todd Township. Darker towns draw more of Ayr 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 Ayr Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ayr Township?
$61,818 (±$10,663) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ayr Township?
9.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ayr Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ayr Township work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Todd Township (8%, 8 mi), McConnellsburg (6%, 5 mi), Chambersburg (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ayr Township walkable?
Ayr Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ayr 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 Ayr Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ayr 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.