Photo: Jack · CC BY-SA 2.0Centre Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Only 2% stay in Centre Township for work; outside it, Reading is the main destination (8%, 10 miles). Centre Township has 254 jobs, against 2,087 working residents. The two grades for Centre Township are A for jobs and income and D for walkability.
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 Centre Township
Why Centre Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Centre Township is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #202 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Centre Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Centre Township
On a workday 2,047 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Centre Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Where people from Centre Township work
Where Centre Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Centre Township works in goods: 65% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centre Township, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 254. 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.
Commuting from Centre Township: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 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 1,784 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.
The distance from Centre Township to work
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 Centre Township, most people drive to work
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, #980 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,063 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). 2.0% 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.
Out of 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800, Centre Township comes 502nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 500 | St. Charles MN | 4,090 | $96K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 15% | A |
| 501 | Akron PA | 4,093 | $77K | 5.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A |
| 502 | Centre Township PA | 4,264 | $95K | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2% | A |
| 503 | Allen Township OH | 3,670 | $115K | 5.8% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 504 | Loyola CA | 3,430 | $250K | 3.7% | 6.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | 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 Centre Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Centre Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Ontelaunee Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Centre Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Township | – | A | D | 26 min | $95,375 |
| Perry Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 22 min | $94,531 |
| Shoemakersville | under 3% | B+ | A | 25 min | $79,476 |
| Ontelaunee Township | 4% | A− | C− | 27 min | $111,154 |
| Penn Township | under 3% | A | B− | 29 min | $97,167 |
| Leesport | under 3% | B+ | B | 20 min | $95,577 |
| Bern Township | 4% | A+ | C+ | 24 min | $117,897 |
| Upper Bern Township | under 3% | B | C | 27 min | $81,830 |
| Tilden Township | under 3% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $80,168 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$95,375 (±$14,261) (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?
26 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?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reading (8%, 10 mi), Muhlenberg Township (6%, 7 mi), Bern Township (4%, 5 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 3.2 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 2% 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.