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Jobs & income B: better than 59% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D−: more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 60% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 33 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Buffalo Township; the top destination outside it is Harrisburg (13%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Buffalo Township
Buffalo Township is a place people come home to
There are 98 jobs based in Buffalo Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Buffalo Township has about 760 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Buffalo Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical 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 586 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Buffalo Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Buffalo Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Buffalo Township’s grade up (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.2%) is left out: Buffalo 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, Buffalo Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Buffalo Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 577 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Buffalo Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buffalo Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 409 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
13% of working residents work in Harrisburg
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Buffalo Township clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Buffalo Township makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods
98 jobs are based in Buffalo Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buffalo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buffalo Township, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 98. 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.
Half of Buffalo Township commutes less than 19 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 18% 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 Buffalo Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Buffalo Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Buffalo 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 496 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). 1.6% of Buffalo Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Buffalo Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Buffalo Township is 1,268th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Buffalo 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,266 | West Pike Run Township PA | 1,504 | $77K | 7.4% | 2.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,267 | Union Township PA | 1,353 | $89K | 4.1% | 1.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,268 | Buffalo Township PA | 1,251 | $83K | 7.7% | 6.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,269 | Wolf River WI | 1,226 | $76K | 5.1% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,270 | North Topsail Beach NC | 1,097 | $121K | 6.5% | 2.6% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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.
Buffalo Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Howe Township (5%). Darker towns draw more of Buffalo Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buffalo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Township | – | B | D− | 33 min | $83,036 |
| Upper Paxton Township | under 2% | C | C | 33 min | $58,105 |
| Halifax Township | under 2% | B− | B+ | 27 min | $70,854 |
| Liverpool Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 35 min | $100,208 |
| Watts Township | under 2% | A− | D | 31 min | $94,375 |
| Howe Township | 5% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Greenwood Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 34 min | $90,250 |
| Liverpool | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Howe Township and Liverpool: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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 Buffalo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Buffalo Township?
$83,036 (±$13,439) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buffalo Township?
7.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buffalo Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buffalo Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (13%, 18 mi), Howe Township (5%, 4 mi), Susquehanna Township (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Buffalo Township walkable?
Buffalo Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buffalo Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buffalo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buffalo 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.