Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Cleona has 0.8 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 63% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access.
Walkability A: more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 54% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Cleona; the top destination outside it is Derry Township (13%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Cleona’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cleona is better than 63% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Cleona’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($72,688, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cleona could be anywhere from C to A.
Cleona quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,126 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 888 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Cleona on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
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 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Derry Township
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Cleona clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 937 jobs in Cleona are
937 jobs are based in Cleona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cleona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cleona, 2013 → 2023: 798 → 937. 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.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cleona workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,018 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Cleona commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Cleona is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cleona is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cleona near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,073 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). 4.1% of Cleona households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cleona’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cleona is 1,634th of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cleona, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,632 | Blue Grass IA | 1,703 | $93K | 6.4% | 6.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,633 | Brooklawn NJ | 1,834 | $59K | 9.3% | 4.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,634 | Cleona PA | 2,055 | $73K | 9.0% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,635 | Oakley UT | 1,538 | $126K | 6.1% | 2.4% | 7% | B |
| 1,636 | North Branch Township MN | 1,782 | $102K | 4.4% | 7.3% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
Cleona and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to North Cornwall Township (4%). Darker towns draw more of Cleona’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cleona workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleona | – | B | A | 24 min | $72,688 |
| North Cornwall Township | 4% | C+ | C | 20 min | $78,803 |
| North Lebanon Township | 3% | A− | B− | 22 min | $83,690 |
| Pleasant Hill | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasant Hill: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Cleona: questions
What is the median household income in Cleona?
$72,688 (±$7,763) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cleona?
9.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cleona?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cleona work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Derry Township (13%, 10 mi), Lebanon (5%, 3 mi), South Lebanon Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cleona walkable?
Cleona is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cleona 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 Cleona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cleona
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.