Photo: Nyttend · Public domainCherry Township draws 1,565 commuters a day, with 3.4 jobs for every working resident
About one in ten work in Cherry Township itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (12%, 43 miles). Employers in Cherry Township report 1,606 jobs for 470 working residents. For jobs and income Cherry Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cherry Township and work: the main findings
Cherry Township fills up on a workday
Cherry Township has 1,606 jobs, 3.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,200 people are in town, more than double the 1,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Cherry Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cherry Township is Pittsburgh, 43 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (56) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Most jobs in Cherry Township pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Cherry Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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 470 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Cherry Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Cherry Township’s grade up ($73,393, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.9%) is left out: Cherry Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cherry Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The daily flow of workers through Cherry Township
On a workday 429 residents head out to work and 41 work right here.
About 2,200 people are in Cherry Township on a workday afternoon, 109% more 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.
How many miles Cherry Township commutes
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.
Most jobs in Cherry Township are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,517 → 1,606. 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 Cherry Township’s workers come from
Where Cherry Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 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 354 commuters (the 11% 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.
For most of Cherry Township, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 398 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). 3.7% of Cherry Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cherry Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cherry Township ranks: 1,832nd of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
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| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,830 | Ashley OH | 1,343 | $57K | 20.1% | 4.8% | 2% | C |
| 1,831 | Sperry OK | 1,241 | $50K | 17.7% | 5.1% | 4% | C |
| 1,832 | Cherry Township PA | 1,041 | $73K | 11.2% | 5.9% | 9% | C |
| 1,833 | Boulder Junction WI | 1,075 | $75K | 9.7% | 2.2% | 7% | C |
| 1,834 | Strawberry AZ | 1,094 | $60K | 5.7% | 0.0% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Slippery Rock Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Township | – | C | C | 31 min | $73,393 |
| Slippery Rock Township | 2% | D | B+ | 25 min | $56,556 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 34 min | $64,167 |
| Clay Township | 2% | B | C+ | 30 min | $83,661 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 41 min | $74,514 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$73,393 (±$11,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Township?
11.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (12%, 43 mi), Butler Township (10%, 15 mi), Butler (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cherry Township walkable?
Cherry Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cherry Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.