Photo: User:Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost no one in Charleston Township’s labor force is looking for work
Only 8% work in Charleston Township; the top destination outside it is Wellsboro (20%, 4 miles). For jobs and income Charleston Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+). 1% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Charleston Township
Commutes from Charleston Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Charleston Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Charleston Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Charleston Township went from 829 in 2014 to 1,138 in 2024, +37%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Charleston Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Unemployment holds Charleston Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Charleston Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Getting to work from Charleston Township takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Charleston Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,524 commuters (the 1% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Charleston Township
1,138 jobs are based in Charleston Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Charleston Township, 2014 → 2024: 829 → 1,138. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charleston Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Charleston Township
On a workday 1,305 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 1,025 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Charleston Township commutes to
Where Charleston Township clocks in
20% of workers
9% 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 far it is to work from Charleston Township
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Charleston Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,538 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). 8.3% of Charleston Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Charleston Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,801st of 4,535: where Charleston Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 69 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,799 | Cambridge VT | 3,666 | $72K | 6.7% | 1.6% | 22% | B |
| 1,800 | Macungie PA | 3,395 | $76K | 16.9% | 3.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,801 | Charleston Township PA | 3,471 | $73K | 6.8% | 0.0% | 8% | B |
| 1,802 | Granite Hills CA | 3,795 | $156K | 12.3% | 12.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,803 | Hurlburt Field FL | 2,951 | $62K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Charleston Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 22% of Charleston Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Charleston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Township | – | B | C+ | 18 min | $72,595 |
| Delmar Township | 2% | B− | C+ | 23 min | $64,048 |
| Wellsboro | 20% | C− | A | 16 min | $66,201 |
| Middlebury Township | under 2% | C | C | 26 min | $62,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wellsboro. Darker towns draw more of Charleston 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 2024, 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 Charleston Township: questions
What is the median household income in Charleston Township?
$72,595 (±$9,168) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Charleston Township?
6.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Charleston Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Charleston Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wellsboro (20%, 4 mi), Blossburg (9%, 9 mi), Mansfield (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Charleston Township walkable?
Charleston Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Charleston Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Charleston Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Charleston Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.