Banks Township has 1.2 jobs for every working resident: 567 people commute in to work
Jobs & income C+: better than 42% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 68% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 19 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Banks Township; the top destination outside it is Hazle Township (13%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Banks Township
Banks Township makes and builds things
74% of the jobs based in Banks Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Banks Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Few Banks Township workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Banks Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 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; with 500 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Banks Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Banks Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Banks Township’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($63,875, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (13.8%) is left out: Banks 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, Banks Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Banks Township makes things: 74% of its jobs are in goods
588 jobs are based in Banks Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Banks Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Banks Township, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 588. 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.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Banks Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 504 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 479 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 567 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Hazle Township
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Banks Township clocks in
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Banks Township commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 23% 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.
Most trips from Banks Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Banks Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.3% 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 512 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). 8.7% of Banks Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Banks Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Banks Township is 1,798th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Banks Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,796 | Morristown MN | 1,023 | $83K | 15.1% | 5.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,797 | Logan Township OH | 1,162 | $75K | 11.0% | 0.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,798 | Banks Township PA | 1,165 | $64K | 10.3% | 13.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,799 | Fairfield Beach OH | 1,432 | $49K | 8.1% | 6.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,800 | East Dubuque IL | 1,457 | $68K | 12.2% | 2.2% | 10% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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.
13% of Banks Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Hazle Township (13%). Darker towns draw more of Banks Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Banks Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks Township | – | C+ | B− | 19 min | $63,875 |
| Packer Township | under 3% | B | C− | 32 min | $77,981 |
| Hazle Township | 13% | C | C | 21 min | $59,134 |
| Kline Township | under 3% | C− | D | 21 min | $53,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Banks Township: questions
What is the median household income in Banks Township?
$63,875 (±$21,058) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Banks Township?
10.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Banks Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Banks Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hazle Township (13%, 5 mi), Hazleton (9%, 3 mi), West Hazleton (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Banks Township walkable?
Banks Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Banks 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 Banks Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Banks 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.