Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Butler Township works elsewhere
786 jobs are based in Butler Township; 1,914 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Butler Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 7% work in Butler Township; the top destination outside it is Pottsville (7%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Butler Township stands out on work
Butler Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Butler Township went from 536 in 2014 to 786 in 2024, +47%. The jobs ↓
Butler Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 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 2024, 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.
How Butler Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Butler Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #707 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Butler Township’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Butler Township could be anywhere from D to A.
Goods, not services: 29% of the jobs in Butler Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Butler Township, 2014 → 2024: 536 → 786. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Butler Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Butler Township, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Butler Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,640 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 a workday changes Butler Township
On a workday 1,776 residents head out to work, 138 work right here, and 648 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Butler 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Butler Township: the destinations
Where Butler Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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 commute from Butler Township, by distance
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Butler Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Butler Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #998 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,825 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). 6.9% of Butler Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Butler Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,052nd of 3,627: where Butler Township ranks among U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| 31 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,050 | Breitung Township MI | 5,857 | $72K | 8.7% | 3.0% | 9% | B− |
| 2,051 | Peach Bottom Township PA | 5,108 | $85K | 2.9% | 7.8% | 6% | B− |
| 2,052 | Butler Township PA | 5,105 | $80K | 10.8% | 3.8% | 7% | B− |
| 2,053 | Catalina AZ | 6,489 | $78K | 8.3% | 3.1% | 9% | B− |
| 2,054 | Silver Hill MD | 5,193 | $61K | 15.8% | 4.6% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Butler Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Butler Township
The biggest share goes to Ashland (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Butler Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Township | – | B− | D | 31 min | $79,730 |
| Eldred Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Barry Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Ashland | 5% | C− | A | 29 min | $52,708 |
| West Mahanoy Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 22 min | $85,471 |
| Conyngham Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Gilberton | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| East Cameron Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Cass Township | 2% | B | D | 29 min | $81,917 |
| Frackville | 1% | C | B+ | 25 min | $56,866 |
Same-state neighbors only. Eldred Township, Barry Township, Conyngham Township, Gilberton and East Cameron Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Butler 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 2024, 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 Butler Township: questions
What is the median household income in Butler Township?
$79,730 (±$26,507) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Butler Township?
10.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Butler Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Butler Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (7%, 9 mi), Ashland (5%, 1 mi), Philadelphia (3%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Butler Township walkable?
Butler Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Butler Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Butler Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Butler Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.