Photo: Niagara · CC BY-SA 3.0Brokenstraw Township’s household incomes are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
14.7% of residents live below the poverty line, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%. Jobs and income earn Brokenstraw Township D; getting around on foot earns it C+. 6% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Brokenstraw Township in brief
Brokenstraw Township and Warren trade workers both ways
Warren is the top workplace for Brokenstraw Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Brokenstraw Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Brokenstraw Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Brokenstraw Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Brokenstraw Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Brokenstraw Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Brokenstraw Township went from 594 in 2013 to 942 in 2023, +59%. 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 679 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Brokenstraw Township
On income, poverty and job access, Brokenstraw Township is better than 8% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Brokenstraw Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($49,844, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Brokenstraw Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Brokenstraw Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
26% of working residents work in Warren
Where Brokenstraw Township clocks in
26% 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.
Brokenstraw Township works in goods: 51% of its jobs
942 jobs are based in Brokenstraw Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brokenstraw Township, 2013 → 2023: 594 → 942. 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 Brokenstraw Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Brokenstraw Township
On a workday 585 residents head out to work, 94 work right here, and 848 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Brokenstraw Township on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 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.
Commuting from Brokenstraw Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brokenstraw Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 576 commuters (the 6% 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 far Brokenstraw Township goes to work
About 19% 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.
The commute in Brokenstraw Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brokenstraw Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 611 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). 16.4% of Brokenstraw Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Brokenstraw Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Brokenstraw Township is 4,628th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,626 | Salem WV | 1,570 | $39K | 16.8% | 4.4% | 7% | D |
| 4,627 | Hammond NY | 1,245 | $73K | 28.4% | 6.0% | 12% | D |
| 4,628 | Brokenstraw Township PA | 1,654 | $50K | 14.7% | 4.2% | 14% | D |
| 4,629 | Dunnellon FL | 2,056 | $41K | 18.5% | 6.5% | 8% | D |
| 4,630 | Farmland IN | 1,265 | $41K | 22.4% | 4.2% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Brokenstraw Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Brokenstraw Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Conewango Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brokenstraw Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brokenstraw Township | – | D | C+ | 26 min | $49,844 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | B | B− | 17 min | $75,893 |
| Conewango Township | 5% | C− | B− | 18 min | $57,050 |
| Pittsfield Township | under 2% | C− | D | 24 min | $64,712 |
| Deerfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Sugar Grove Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 27 min | $67,031 |
Same-state neighbors only. Deerfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brokenstraw 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 Brokenstraw Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brokenstraw Township?
$49,844 (±$9,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brokenstraw Township?
14.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brokenstraw Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brokenstraw Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (26%, 8 mi), Youngsville (5%, 2 mi), Conewango Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brokenstraw Township walkable?
Brokenstraw Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brokenstraw Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brokenstraw Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brokenstraw 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.