Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Cass Township has 5.0 jobs per working resident, and 4,276 people come in to work
There are 4,322 jobs in Cass Township, and 860 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Cass Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cass Township, in a few figures
Cass Township fills up on a workday
Cass Township has 4,322 jobs, 5.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,200 people are in town, more than double the 1,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
83% of the jobs in Cass Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Cass Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Cass Township went from 1,490 in 2013 to 4,322 in 2023, +190%. The jobs ↓
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 860 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Cass Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Cass Township’s grade up (6.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.1%) is left out: Cass 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, Cass Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
How a workday changes Cass Township
On a workday 814 residents head out to work and 46 work right here.
About 5,200 people are in Cass Township on a workday afternoon, 194% more 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 Cass Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cass Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,490 → 4,322. 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 Cass Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Cass Township’s workers come from
Where Cass Township clocks in
11% of workers
3% 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 trip to work from Cass Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cass Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 867 commuters (the 4% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Cass Township
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.
Getting around Cass Township: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 904 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). 5.0% of Cass Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cass Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400, Cass Township ranks 1,701st of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 38 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,699 | Woodworth LA | 1,758 | $85K | 12.5% | 1.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,700 | Rose Township OH | 1,497 | $89K | 8.3% | 2.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,701 | Cass Township PA | 1,781 | $82K | 6.8% | 6.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,702 | Moweaqua IL | 1,735 | $70K | 3.4% | 2.9% | 9% | B |
| 1,703 | Arlington MN | 2,340 | $68K | 8.6% | 0.3% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Cass Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Cass Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Norwegian Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cass Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Township | – | B | D | 29 min | $81,917 |
| Norwegian Township | 3% | A | C+ | 20 min | $85,272 |
| New Castle Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Foster Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Minersville | 3% | C− | A | 22 min | $53,416 |
| Branch Township | under 2% | B− | D | 33 min | $79,139 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | B− | D | 31 min | $79,730 |
| Reilly Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New Castle Township, Foster Township and Reilly Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cass 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 Cass Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cass Township?
$81,917 (±$12,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cass Township?
6.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cass Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cass Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pottsville (11%, 4 mi), Minersville (3%, 2 mi), Norwegian Township (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cass Township walkable?
Cass Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cass Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cass Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cass 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.