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Jobs & commute in Cherrytree Township

Cherrytree Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

For jobs and income Cherrytree Township is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+). There are 129 jobs in Cherrytree Township, and 546 of its residents work somewhere. 6% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Work in Cherrytree Township, in a few figures

Cherrytree Township and Titusville trade workers both ways

Titusville is the top workplace for Cherrytree Township residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Cherrytree Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

Cherrytree Township is a place people come home to

There are 129 jobs based in Cherrytree Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cherrytree Township has about 860 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

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.

Jobs & income grade

Where Cherrytree Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from

All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Cherrytree Township’s grade.

Household income $56,971 (±$9,922) · PA $77,971 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 22% of U.S. towns
Poverty 15.3% · PA 11.7% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 26% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 15% of U.S. towns

Unemployment (7.1%) is left out: Cherrytree Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.

D−C

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cherrytree Township could be anywhere from D− to C.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · The commute map

27% of working residents work in Titusville

PleasantvilleHydetownTitusville: 149 residents work here (27%)Oil City: 17 residents work here (3%)Meadville: 21 residents work here (4%)Franklin: 18 residents work here (3%)Erie: 10 residents work here (2%)Sugarcreek: 14 residents work here (3%)Pittsburgh: 14 residents work here (3%)Plum TownshipTroy TownshipCranberry Township: 20 residents work here (4%)Cornplanter TownshipClarion TownshipPerry TownshipCherrytree TownshipOil Creek Township: 26 residents work here (5%)Oakland TownshipOil Creek TownshipWashington TownshipTitusvilleOil Creek TownshipMeadvilleCranberry TownshipFranklinOil CityCherrytree Township
1
Titusville4.2 mi away
27%149
25%26
3
Meadville23.2 mi away
4%21
4
Cranberry Township14.6 mi away
4%20
5
Franklin14.7 mi away
3%18
6
Oil City10 mi away
3%17
7
Sugarcreek11.2 mi away
3%14
8
Pittsburgh79.6 mi away
3%14
9
Cherrytree Township (in town)right here
2%13
10
Erie41.9 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%244
The top trips

Where Cherrytree Township clocks in

Lines 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.

Day and night

Who leaves Cherrytree Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 533 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.

533live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
116work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,300
Workday860
1,300live here− 530head out to work+ 120come in to work= 860on a workday

About 860 people are in Cherrytree Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.24jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The jobs

Making and building: 40% of jobs based in Cherrytree Township

Jobs based in Cherrytree TownshipJobs Cherrytree Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms40%29%
Trade, transport & utilities16%17%
Services: health, schools, offices44%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less15%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%27%
Over $3,333 a month55%58%

Who does it

29 or younger17%16%
30 to 5451%53%
55 and older32%31%
+24%

Jobs based in Cherrytree Township, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 129. 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 Cherrytree Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

How long Cherrytree Township spends getting to work: about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
194 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Cherrytree Township25 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

of Cherrytree Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Cherrytree Township gets to work
84%Drive alone
12%Carpool
3%Walk

Share of the 517 commuters (the 6% 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Cherrytree Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miTitusville: 27% · 4.2 miOil Creek Township: 5% · 6.1 miMeadville: 4% · 23.2 miCranberry Township: 4% · 14.6 miFranklin: 3% · 14.7 miOil City: 3% · 10 miSugarcreek: 3% · 11.2 miPittsburgh: 3% · 79.6 miErie: 2% · 41.9 miTitusville 27%Oil Creek Township 5%Meadville 4%Cranberry Township 4%Franklin 3%Cherrytree Township
Cherrytree TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi221 residents
22%10–24 mi121 residents
14%25–50 mi79 residents
23%Over 50 mi124 residents

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 · Walkability grade

Driving is how Cherrytree Township gets around

How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.3.

EPA walkability index 5.3 of 20 · typical PA town 6.7 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 25% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 3.5% of commuters · PA 8.6% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 64% of U.S. towns
C+C+

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 550 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). 2.2% of Cherrytree Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cherrytree Township’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

Ranked on jobs and income, Cherrytree Township is 3,916th among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Somerset MD1,151$250K1.9%2.3%<1%A+
2Bellerose NY1,169$232K1.6%6.1%1%A+
3Baxter Estates NY1,014$154K1.0%3.1%1%A+
…
9Bryn Athyn PA1,304$143K0.3%2.6%16%A+
…
14Rose Valley PA1,017$247K2.9%1.5%1%A+
…
30Bradford Woods PA1,126$153K1.9%1.4%2%A+
…
3,914Riverton Township MI1,232$63K17.6%13.6%3%D
3,915North Township OH1,549$61K18.0%1.2%4%D
3,916Cherrytree Township PA1,276$57K15.3%7.1%2%D
3,917Pearlington MS1,278$45K22.6%6.5%1%D
3,918Seeley Lake MT1,496$50K9.8%0.0%28%D
…
4,866Oglala SD1,071$21K68.8%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 Cherrytree Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.

Next door

Around Cherrytree Township: the bordering towns

The biggest share goes to Oil Creek Township (5%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Oil Creek Township19 min
Cornplanter Township22 min
Oakland Township23 min
Oil Creek Township25 min
Cherrytree Township25 min
Plum Township27 min
Troy Township32 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownCherrytree Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Cherrytree Township–DC+25 min$56,971
Oil Creek Townshipunder 2%——25 min—
Cornplanter Townshipunder 2%CC+22 min$68,929
Oakland Townshipunder 2%C+D23 min$77,500
Plum Townshipunder 2%——27 min—
Oil Creek Township5%DD19 min$66,250
Troy Townshipunder 2%CC+32 min$71,202

Same-state neighbors only. Oil Creek Township and Plum Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Cherrytree Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Cherrytree Township: questions

What is the median household income in Cherrytree Township?

$56,971 (±$9,922) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Cherrytree Township?

15.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Cherrytree Township?

25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Cherrytree Township work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Titusville (27%, 4 mi), Oil Creek Township (5%, 6 mi), Meadville (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Cherrytree Township walkable?

Cherrytree Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Cherrytree 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 Cherrytree Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Cherrytree Township

Cherrytree Township home →

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.