Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Brecknock Township are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Brecknock Township grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. 6.3% of residents are in poverty, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. Only 3% work in Brecknock Township itself; outside it, Reading draws the most (8%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Brecknock Township
What’s behind Brecknock Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brecknock Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #275 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Brecknock Township’s grade up ($129,432, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brecknock Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Where people from Brecknock Township work
Where Brecknock Township clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Who works in Brecknock Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,986 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 336 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Brecknock Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in Brecknock Township
395 jobs are based in Brecknock Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brecknock Township, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 395. 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 Brecknock 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 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brecknock Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,133 commuters (the 10% 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.
How many miles Brecknock Township commutes
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 Brecknock Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brecknock Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #843 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Brecknock Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,382 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). 3.9% of Brecknock Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brecknock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brecknock Township is 694th of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 692 | Holland Township NJ | 5,239 | $137K | 3.5% | 4.5% | 6% | A− |
| 693 | Lawrence Township OH | 5,913 | $81K | 5.5% | 2.2% | 7% | A− |
| 694 | Brecknock Township PA | 4,670 | $129K | 6.3% | 4.5% | 3% | A− |
| 695 | Naples Park FL | 5,122 | $80K | 6.2% | 1.9% | 6% | A− |
| 696 | Hidden Springs ID | 3,378 | $163K | 7.2% | 4.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | 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 Brecknock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Brecknock Township and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to Cumru Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brecknock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brecknock Township | – | A− | C | 25 min | $129,432 |
| Cumru Township | 5% | A | B− | 23 min | $90,797 |
| Spring Township | 3% | A | A− | 24 min | $94,837 |
| Robeson Township | under 3% | A− | C | 38 min | $93,009 |
| Caernarvon Township | 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Caernarvon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brecknock 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 Brecknock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brecknock Township?
$129,432 (±$24,877) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brecknock Township?
6.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brecknock Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brecknock Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (8%, 8 mi), Cumru Township (5%, 3 mi), East Cocalico Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brecknock Township walkable?
Brecknock Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brecknock Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brecknock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brecknock 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.