Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Carroll Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 4% work in Carroll Township itself; outside it, Harrisburg draws the most (7%, 16 miles). 350 jobs are based in Carroll Township for 2,342 working residents. Carroll Township grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Carroll Township at work: what stands out
Carroll Township is a place people come home to
There are 350 jobs based in Carroll Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Carroll Township has about 3,400 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Carroll Township
63% of Carroll Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Carroll Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Carroll 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.
Income, poverty and work: Carroll Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carroll Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #564 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Carroll Township’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carroll Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Carroll Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,250 residents head out to work, 92 work right here, and 258 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Carroll Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The kinds of work in Carroll Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carroll Township, 2013 → 2023: 302 → 350. 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 Carroll Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Carroll Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carroll Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,203 commuters (the 15% 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.
Out of Carroll Township to work: where people go
Where Carroll Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
How many miles Carroll Township commutes
About 15% 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.
In Carroll Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carroll Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns, #841 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,598 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). 9.7% of Carroll Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carroll Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Carroll Township ranks: 1,489th of 3,488 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 26 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 68 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 1,487 | Emma Township KS | 4,017 | $75K | 7.0% | 3.7% | 21% | B |
| 1,488 | Lyman ME | 4,713 | $87K | 9.0% | 3.9% | 6% | B |
| 1,489 | Carroll Township PA | 5,368 | $79K | 13.8% | 2.1% | 4% | B |
| 1,490 | Ballville OH | 3,929 | $85K | 5.0% | 5.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,491 | Lebanon IL | 4,884 | $89K | 14.8% | 2.0% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,488 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Carroll Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Carroll Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carroll Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll Township | – | B | C | 33 min | $78,672 |
| Spring Township | under 4% | C+ | C− | 35 min | $81,528 |
| Wheatfield Township | under 4% | B− | D− | 31 min | $94,200 |
| Middlesex Township | 4% | B | D | 18 min | $76,833 |
| Rye Township | under 4% | A | C | 30 min | $102,159 |
| Centre Township | under 4% | A− | D | 36 min | $90,243 |
| North Middleton Township | under 4% | A− | B | 20 min | $84,580 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Middlesex Township. Darker towns draw more of Carroll 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 Carroll Township: questions
What is the median household income in Carroll Township?
$78,672 (±$14,778) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carroll Township?
13.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carroll Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carroll Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (7%, 16 mi), Hampden Township (6%, 12 mi), Silver Spring Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carroll Township walkable?
Carroll Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carroll Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carroll Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carroll 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.