Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Coal Township earn less than those in 87% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 7% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). 14.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. The two grades for Coal Township are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Coal Township stands out on work
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Coal Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coal Township is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #958 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Coal Township’s grade up (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($51,010, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coal Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,066 residents head out to work, 352 work right here, and 2,664 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 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.
9% of working residents work in Mahoning Township
Where Coal Township clocks in
9% 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.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What work there is in Coal Township: 3,016 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coal Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,466 → 3,016. 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 Coal Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Coal Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coal Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,130 commuters (the 7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Coal Township
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.
The commute in Coal Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coal Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #413 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Coal Township 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 3,381 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). 11.1% of Coal Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Coal Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Coal Township is 2,409th of 2,780 U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,407 | Selma NC | 7,406 | $41K | 24.7% | 4.9% | 5% | C− |
| 2,408 | Liberty NY | 10,366 | $68K | 12.3% | 8.1% | 23% | C− |
| 2,409 | Coal Township PA | 9,721 | $51K | 14.1% | 6.0% | 10% | C− |
| 2,410 | Toppenish WA | 8,635 | $68K | 18.0% | 8.7% | 19% | C− |
| 2,411 | Franklin CA | 7,392 | $58K | 22.9% | 6.9% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,780 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Coal Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Coal Township
The biggest share goes to Ralpho Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coal Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Township | – | C− | B+ | 27 min | $51,010 |
| Ralpho Township | 5% | A | C+ | 29 min | $120,386 |
| Shamokin Township | 2% | B+ | B− | 29 min | $95,000 |
| Cleveland Township | under 2% | C | C− | 29 min | $71,923 |
| East Cameron Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| West Cameron Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Zerbe Township | under 2% | C− | B | 28 min | $58,287 |
| Mount Carmel Township | 2% | C | B− | 29 min | $71,339 |
Same-state neighbors only. East Cameron Township and West Cameron Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coal 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 Coal Township: questions
What is the median household income in Coal Township?
$51,010 (±$2,494) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coal Township?
14.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coal Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coal Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (9%, 14 mi), Shamokin (5%, 2 mi), Ralpho Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coal Township walkable?
Coal Township is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coal Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coal Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coal 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.