Photo: Ben Winslow · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Centre Township works elsewhere
Only 3% work in Centre Township; the top destination outside it is Harrisburg (7%, 21 miles). Employers in Centre Township report 236 jobs for 1,072 working residents. Jobs and income earn Centre Township A−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Centre Township, in brief
Centre Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Centre Township is a place people come home to
There are 236 jobs based in Centre Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Centre Township has about 1,700 people in it, 33% 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.
Where Centre Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Centre Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #351 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Centre Township’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Centre Township could be anywhere from B to A.
About 36 minutes to work from Centre Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centre Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,211 commuters (the 14% 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.
How many people are in Centre Township by day
On a workday 1,041 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Centre Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 places Centre Township commutes to
Where Centre 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.
Centre Township makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centre Township, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 236. 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 Centre Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Centre Township, by distance
About 17% 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.
For most of Centre Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Centre Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #979 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,400 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). 3.0% of Centre Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Centre Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Centre Township is 944th among 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 942 | Solomons MD | 2,440 | $95K | 0.6% | 3.1% | 6% | A− |
| 943 | Alexandria Township MN | 3,114 | $94K | 6.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| 944 | Centre Township PA | 2,560 | $90K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3% | A− |
| 945 | Lower Chanceford Township PA | 3,117 | $106K | 7.5% | 1.6% | 4% | A− |
| 946 | Vilano Beach FL | 2,188 | $121K | 5.4% | 3.1% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Centre Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Centre Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Centre Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Township | – | A− | D | 36 min | $90,243 |
| Juniata Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 38 min | $91,522 |
| Saville Township | under 3% | A− | C | 47 min | $82,958 |
| Wheatfield Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 31 min | $94,200 |
| Carroll Township | under 3% | B | C | 33 min | $78,672 |
| Spring Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 35 min | $81,528 |
| Miller Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Oliver Township | under 3% | B | C | 28 min | $91,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Miller Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Spring Township. Darker towns draw more of Centre 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 Centre Township: questions
What is the median household income in Centre Township?
$90,243 (±$3,833) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centre Township?
3.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centre Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centre Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (7%, 21 mi), Hampden Township (6%, 17 mi), Bloomfield (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Centre Township walkable?
Centre Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Centre Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Centre Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Centre 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.