Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Cherry Township works elsewhere
Cherry Township has 214 jobs, against 546 working residents. For jobs and income Cherry Township is better than 38% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C). 3% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cherry Township apart
Cherry Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Cherry Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 546 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Cherry Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Cherry Township’s grade up ($84,792, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Cherry Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cherry Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Getting to work from Cherry Township takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 739 commuters (the 3% 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 Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 495 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Cherry Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
7% of working residents work in Mehoopany Township
Where Cherry Township clocks in
7% 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.
What Cherry Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Township, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 214. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Cherry Township works
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.
Cherry Township is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 765 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). 6.8% of Cherry Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Cherry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cherry Township places 3,024th of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 13 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
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| 20 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 37 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 3,022 | Otisfield ME | 1,893 | $84K | 10.3% | 2.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,023 | Fairmount Township PA | 1,240 | $80K | 8.7% | 9.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,024 | Cherry Township PA | 1,494 | $85K | 8.5% | 2.5% | 9% | C+ |
| 3,025 | Oakfield NY | 1,794 | $70K | 14.1% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,026 | Byng OK | 1,414 | $76K | 7.7% | 5.5% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Cherry Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Cherry Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Township | – | C+ | C | 34 min | $84,792 |
| Colley Township | 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Laporte Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Forks Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Albany Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Colley Township, Laporte Township, Forks Township and Albany Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Colley Township. Darker towns draw more of Cherry 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Township?
$84,792 (±$19,752) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Township?
8.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mehoopany Township (7%, 17 mi), Laporte (7%, 8 mi), Wyalusing Township (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cherry Township walkable?
Cherry Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cherry Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry 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.