Brodbeck, S. B., Housing · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Codorus Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Codorus Township has 369 jobs for 1,778 working residents. The two grades for Codorus Township are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Codorus Township is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Codorus Township and work: the main findings
Codorus Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (26 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Codorus Township is a place people come home to
There are 369 jobs based in Codorus Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Codorus Township has about 2,600 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Codorus Township makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Codorus Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Codorus Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. 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.
The figures behind Codorus Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Codorus Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #690 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Codorus Township’s grade up ($101,676, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Codorus Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Each way, about 38 minutes from Codorus Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Codorus Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,755 commuters (the 10% 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.
Codorus Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,687 residents head out to work, 91 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Codorus Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Goods, not services: 44% of the jobs in Codorus Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Codorus Township, 2013 → 2023: 342 → 369. 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 Codorus Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
5% of working residents work in York
Where Codorus Township clocks in
5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Codorus Township
About 15% 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.
For most of Codorus Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Codorus Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #872 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,941 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.1% of Codorus Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Codorus Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Codorus Township is 2,148th among 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,146 | Orangeville Township MI | 3,497 | $83K | 6.9% | 5.7% | 4% | B− |
| 2,147 | Peters Township PA | 4,473 | $77K | 12.4% | 1.5% | 9% | B− |
| 2,148 | Codorus Township PA | 4,014 | $102K | 9.5% | 7.2% | 5% | B− |
| 2,149 | Gleed WA | 2,844 | $79K | 13.6% | 3.6% | 3% | B− |
| 2,150 | Knoxville IL | 2,810 | $83K | 7.2% | 5.8% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Codorus Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Codorus Township
The biggest share goes to Shrewsbury Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Codorus Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codorus Township | – | B− | C− | 38 min | $101,676 |
| Manheim Township | under 3% | A− | B− | 30 min | $115,423 |
| Shrewsbury Township | 4% | A− | C | 31 min | $117,399 |
| Springfield Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 27 min | $122,188 |
| Jefferson | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| North Codorus Township | under 3% | A | D | 26 min | $98,061 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jefferson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Codorus 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 Codorus Township: questions
What is the median household income in Codorus Township?
$101,676 (±$16,639) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Codorus Township?
9.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Codorus Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Codorus Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York (5%, 13 mi), Shrewsbury Township (4%, 5 mi), Penn Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Codorus Township walkable?
Codorus Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Codorus Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Codorus Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Codorus 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.