Brockerhoff Mill · Photo: Pubdog · Public domainHousehold incomes in Benner Township top those of 78% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Benner Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−). Poverty touches 4.2% of residents (Pennsylvania 11.7%). Only 5% work in Benner Township; the top destination outside it is College Township (21%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Benner Township: the figures worth knowing
The jobs in Benner Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
82% of the jobs based in Benner Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 60% of the jobs Benner Township residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Benner Township. The jobs ↓
Benner Township is where the jobs are
Benner Township has 3,839 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Benner Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Benner Township went from 2,477 in 2013 to 3,839 in 2023, +55%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Benner Township works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Benner Township: College Township (21%), Patton Township (4%) and Spring Township (3%). Next door ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Benner Township’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds Benner Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Benner Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Benner Township
3,839 jobs are based in Benner Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Benner Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,477 → 3,839. 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 Benner Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Benner Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,326 residents head out to work, 129 work right here, and 3,710 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Benner Township on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
1.6 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.
How far it is to work from Benner Township
About 33% 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.
Commuting in to Benner Township: where workers come from
Where Benner Township clocks in
21% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
The trip to work from Benner Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Benner Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,832 commuters (the 16% 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 in Benner Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,170 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 2.0% of Benner Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Benner Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Benner Township is 982nd of 2,862 U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 980 | Lake Hallie WI | 7,396 | $87K | 8.9% | 1.4% | 6% | B+ |
| 981 | Tittabawassee Township MI | 11,007 | $107K | 5.6% | 4.3% | 9% | B+ |
| 982 | Benner Township PA | 8,995 | $101K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 983 | Buchanan WI | 6,793 | $105K | 2.3% | 8.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 984 | Eagle CO | 7,280 | $110K | 6.8% | 1.5% | 22% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,862 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Benner Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
28% of Benner Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Benner Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benner Township | – | B+ | C− | 24 min | $101,228 |
| Union Township | under 1% | B | D− | 27 min | $88,500 |
| Spring Township | 3% | B | B+ | 20 min | $77,266 |
| Potter Township | under 1% | B | C− | 25 min | $75,385 |
| College Township | 21% | A− | A+ | 16 min | $101,323 |
| Patton Township | 4% | A− | A+ | 18 min | $83,656 |
| Harris Township | under 1% | B | A− | 16 min | $103,377 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to College Township. Darker towns draw more of Benner 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 Benner Township: questions
What is the median household income in Benner Township?
$101,228 (±$19,339) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Benner Township?
4.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Benner Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Benner Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (21%, 4 mi), State College (8%, 6 mi), Ferguson Township (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Benner Township walkable?
Benner Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Benner Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Benner Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Benner 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.