Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Cass Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Cass Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D. Cass Township has 30 jobs, against 377 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Cass Township
Cass Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 47 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 360 hours of commuting, 161 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Cass Township is a place people come home to
There are 30 jobs based in Cass Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cass Township has about 660 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 377 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Cass Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Cass Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cass Township’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) 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 D to B.
From Cass Township, about 47 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.1 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 413 commuters (the 7% 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 daily flow of workers through Cass Township
On a workday 369 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Cass Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
6% of working residents work in Smithfield Township
Where Cass Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 63% of Cass Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cass Township, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 30. 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.
Cass Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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 Cass Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cass Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 444 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). 1.6% 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.
How Cass Township ranks: 1,413th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,411 | Whitaker PA | 1,123 | $63K | 25.9% | 14.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,412 | Cut and Shoot TX | 1,141 | $72K | 20.4% | 1.9% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,413 | Cass Township PA | 1,004 | $79K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,414 | Brush Fork WV | 1,096 | $70K | 9.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,415 | Sterling City TX | 1,094 | $67K | 3.8% | 2.5% | 12% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Cass Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Cass Township
The biggest share goes to Shirley Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cass Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Township | – | C+ | D | 47 min | $78,750 |
| Cromwell Township | 2% | D | C− | 31 min | $52,054 |
| Todd Township | under 2% | — | — | 52 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Shirley Township | 5% | C− | C− | 41 min | $49,750 |
| Penn Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 32 min | $84,821 |
| Clay Township | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Todd Township and Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Clay Township: 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?
$78,750 (±$21,396) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cass Township?
6.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cass Township?
47 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cass Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Smithfield Township (6%, 13 mi), Huntingdon (5%, 15 mi), Shirley Township (5%, 11 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 3.0 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 2% 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.