Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Cambridge Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 6% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. 207 jobs are based in Cambridge Township; 580 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Cambridge Township are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Cambridge Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Cambridge Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cambridge Township’s grade up (4.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Cambridge 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, Cambridge Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
How many people are in Cambridge Township by day
On a workday 568 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Cambridge Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
12% of working residents work in Erie
Where Cambridge Township clocks in
12% 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 Cambridge Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cambridge Township, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 207. 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 Cambridge Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Cambridge Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cambridge Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 632 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.
The commute from Cambridge Township, by distance
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 Cambridge Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cambridge Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 675 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). 4.0% of Cambridge Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cambridge Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Cambridge Township comes 1,348th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
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| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 34 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,346 | Harriston VA | 1,212 | $93K | 8.3% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,347 | Helga Township MN | 1,807 | $99K | 5.3% | 1.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,348 | Cambridge Township PA | 1,422 | $82K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,349 | Barnard VT | 1,000 | $98K | 2.6% | 4.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,350 | Elkhart IA | 1,097 | $85K | 11.7% | 1.3% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cambridge Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Cambridge Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cambridge Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Township | – | B | B− | 28 min | $82,243 |
| Venango Township | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Venango | under 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Rockdale Township | under 4% | C | D | 27 min | $71,103 |
| Woodcock Township | under 4% | C | D | 23 min | $66,719 |
| LeBoeuf Township | under 4% | B | C | 25 min | $91,897 |
| Washington Township | 3% | B− | C+ | 32 min | $94,116 |
| Woodcock | under 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Venango Township, Venango and Woodcock: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cambridge 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 Cambridge Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cambridge Township?
$82,243 (±$3,220) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cambridge Township?
4.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cambridge Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cambridge Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Erie (12%, 20 mi), Millcreek Township (7%, 18 mi), Meadville (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cambridge Township walkable?
Cambridge Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cambridge 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 Cambridge Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cambridge 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.