Earning a living in Canaan Township
Home is the office for 9% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Canaan Township grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 6% work in Canaan Township itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (8%, 98 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Canaan Township
Canaan Township trades workers with the towns around it
Canaan Township has about as many jobs (960) as working residents (1,134), but they are mostly different people: 1,069 residents leave for work each day while 895 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Canaan Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Canaan Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Canaan Township is New York City, NY, 98 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (92) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
48% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
The jobs in Canaan Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
81% of the jobs based in Canaan Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 65% of the jobs Canaan Township residents hold. 93% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Canaan Township. The jobs ↓
Canaan Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Canaan Township went from 674 in 2014 to 960 in 2024, +42%. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Canaan Township
On income, poverty and job access, Canaan Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #833 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Canaan Township’s grade.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Canaan 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, Canaan Township could be anywhere from D to B.
How many people are in Canaan Township by day
On a workday 1,069 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 895 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Short hops and long hauls from Canaan Township
About 48% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Canaan Township
960 jobs are based in Canaan Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canaan Township, 2014 → 2024: 674 → 960. 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 Canaan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Canaan Township work
Where Canaan 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.
Canaan Township’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canaan Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 390 commuters (the 9% 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.
Most of Canaan Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Canaan Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #867 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of 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 427 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.7% of Canaan Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Canaan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000, Canaan Township comes 2,920th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 27 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
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| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 2,918 | Dansville NY | 4,342 | $57K | 6.7% | 4.8% | 22% | C |
| 2,919 | Ulysses NY | 4,728 | $71K | 6.6% | 8.1% | 13% | C |
| 2,920 | Canaan Township PA | 3,701 | $73K | 12.5% | 1.6% | 6% | C |
| 2,921 | Waialua HI | 3,050 | $88K | 10.0% | 7.9% | 4% | C |
| 2,922 | West Burlington IA | 3,358 | $49K | 23.8% | 1.8% | 22% | C |
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| 4,318 | 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 Canaan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Canaan Township
The biggest share goes to South Canaan Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Canaan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canaan Township | – | C | C− | 28 min | $73,036 |
| Waymart | 2% | D | A− | 23 min | $51,544 |
| South Canaan Township | 3% | C+ | C+ | 33 min | $77,273 |
| Carbondale Township | under 2% | B | C− | 25 min | $76,111 |
| Prompton | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Cherry Ridge Township | under 2% | B | B | 20 min | $80,250 |
| Clinton Township | under 2% | C | C− | 26 min | $67,708 |
| Texas Township | 2% | D | C | 21 min | $42,403 |
Same-state neighbors only. Prompton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Canaan 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 Canaan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Canaan Township?
$73,036 (±$20,884) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canaan Township?
12.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canaan Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canaan Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (8%, 98 mi), Honesdale (5%, 7 mi), Scranton (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Canaan Township walkable?
Canaan Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canaan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canaan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canaan 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.