Cherry Ridge Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Cherry Ridge Township B; getting around on foot earns it B. There are 386 jobs in Cherry Ridge Township, and 841 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Cherry Ridge Township; the top destination outside it is Honesdale (22%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Cherry Ridge Township
Cherry Ridge Township makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in Cherry Ridge Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cherry Ridge Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 11%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Cherry Ridge Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Cherry Ridge Township fell from 685 in 2013 to 386 in 2023, −44%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Cherry Ridge Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
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 841 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Cherry Ridge Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cherry Ridge Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Cherry Ridge Township’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cherry Ridge Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Goods, not services: 54% of the jobs in Cherry Ridge Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Ridge Township, 2013 → 2023: 685 → 386. 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 Cherry Ridge Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Cherry Ridge Township: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Ridge Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 940 commuters (the 10% 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.
Cherry Ridge Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 820 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 365 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Cherry Ridge Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Out of Cherry Ridge Township to work: where people go
Where Cherry Ridge Township clocks in
22% of workers
11% 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 many miles Cherry Ridge Township commutes
About 23% 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 Cherry Ridge Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cherry Ridge Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,048 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.0% of Cherry Ridge Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Cherry Ridge Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cherry Ridge Township is 1,554th of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 36 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,552 | Francestown NH | 1,658 | $104K | 8.2% | 3.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,553 | Richland Township OH | 1,821 | $112K | 9.3% | 1.0% | <1% | B |
| 1,554 | Cherry Ridge Township PA | 1,902 | $80K | 6.7% | 2.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,555 | Mayflower AR | 2,372 | $76K | 5.6% | 4.4% | 6% | B |
| 1,556 | Pinebluff NC | 1,571 | $81K | 6.1% | 7.1% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | 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 Cherry Ridge Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Cherry Ridge Township and its neighbors: 11% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherry Ridge Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Ridge Township | – | B | B | 20 min | $80,250 |
| Texas Township | 11% | D | C | 21 min | $42,403 |
| South Canaan Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 33 min | $77,273 |
| Canaan Township | under 2% | C | C− | 28 min | $73,036 |
| Paupack Township | under 2% | C | C− | 39 min | $75,302 |
| Lake Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 39 min | $59,873 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Texas Township. Darker towns draw more of Cherry Ridge 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 Cherry Ridge Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Ridge Township?
$80,250 (±$21,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Ridge Township?
6.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Ridge Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Ridge Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Honesdale (22%, 4 mi), Texas Township (11%, 2 mi), Lackawaxen Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cherry Ridge Township walkable?
Cherry Ridge Township is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cherry Ridge Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherry Ridge Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry Ridge 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.