Berlin Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
There are 525 jobs in Berlin Township, against 1,067 working residents. Berlin Township grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 5% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Berlin Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Berlin Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Berlin Township’s grade up ($68,494, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Berlin Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who leaves Berlin Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 997 residents head out to work, 70 work right here, and 455 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Berlin Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
11% of working residents work in Honesdale
Where Berlin Township clocks in
11% 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.
What Berlin Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berlin Township, 2013 → 2023: 436 → 525. 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 Berlin 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 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Berlin Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,232 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Berlin Township
About 27% 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.
Few in Berlin Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Berlin Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,292 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.2% of Berlin Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Berlin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Berlin Township comes 3,987th 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 27 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 75 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,985 | Dover VT | 1,827 | $52K | 7.3% | 2.8% | 37% | C− |
| 3,986 | York Township IL | 2,757 | $67K | 15.3% | 4.9% | 6% | C− |
| 3,987 | Berlin Township PA | 2,464 | $68K | 12.3% | 6.0% | 7% | C− |
| 3,988 | Ocean Park WA | 2,122 | $66K | 10.2% | 6.6% | 10% | C− |
| 3,989 | Surgoinsville TN | 1,920 | $54K | 17.0% | 1.5% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | 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 Berlin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
15% of Berlin Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Texas Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Berlin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Township | – | C− | B− | 25 min | $68,494 |
| Texas Township | 7% | D | C | 21 min | $42,403 |
| Lackawaxen Township | 6% | C+ | C+ | 36 min | $78,920 |
| Damascus Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 39 min | $75,357 |
| Oregon Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Palmyra Township | 2% | B− | B | 30 min | $72,361 |
| White Mills | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oregon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. White Mills: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Berlin 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 Berlin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Berlin Township?
$68,494 (±$11,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berlin Township?
12.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berlin Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berlin Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Honesdale (11%, 5 mi), Texas Township (7%, 6 mi), Lackawaxen Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Berlin Township walkable?
Berlin Township is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Berlin Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Berlin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berlin 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.