Neville House · Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 1.9 jobs in Collier Township for every working resident, and 7,920 people commute in
25% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%). There are 8,213 jobs in Collier Township, and 4,243 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Collier Township are A+ 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
Work in Collier Township, in a few figures
Collier Township draws workers from far and wide
The 8,213 jobs in Collier Township are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 23%; the other 73% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Collier Township is where the jobs are
Collier Township has 8,213 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 13,000 people are in town, 44% more than the 9,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Collier Township residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Collier Township
25% of Collier Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
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.
Collier Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Collier Township is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #44 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Collier Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Collier Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Who travels to work in Collier Township, and from where
Where Collier Township clocks in
26% of workers
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.
A workday in Collier Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,950 residents head out to work and 293 work right here.
About 13,000 people are in Collier Township on a workday afternoon, 44% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Collier Township
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 trip to work from Collier Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Collier Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,522 commuters (the 25% 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.
The kinds of work in Collier Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Collier Township, 2013 → 2023: 8,361 → 8,213. 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 Collier Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Collier Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Collier Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #591 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,683 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 9.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 93% 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). 2.6% of Collier Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Collier Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Collier Township next to U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,300: 154th of 2,855 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Highland Heights OH | 8,559 | $123K | 3.4% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| 153 | Tabernacle Township NJ | 7,014 | $121K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 154 | Collier Township PA | 9,103 | $102K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 7% | A+ |
| 155 | North Kensington MD | 8,954 | $135K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 156 | Crestwood MO | 12,207 | $107K | 5.5% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,855 | 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 Collier Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 13% of Collier Township
The biggest share goes to Robinson Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Collier Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collier Township | – | A+ | B− | 24 min | $101,824 |
| South Fayette Township | 2% | A+ | C+ | 28 min | $124,112 |
| Robinson Township | 5% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $103,048 |
| Scott Township | 4% | A− | A | 23 min | $89,404 |
| Bridgeville | under 3% | C+ | A | 25 min | $59,981 |
| North Fayette Township | 2% | A | B+ | 26 min | $102,318 |
| Glendale | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Heidelberg | under 3% | B+ | A+ | 22 min | $67,829 |
Same-state neighbors only. Glendale: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Collier 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 Collier Township: questions
What is the median household income in Collier Township?
$101,824 (±$13,887) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Collier Township?
3.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Collier Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Collier Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (26%, 9 mi), Robinson Township (5%, 4 mi), Scott Township (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Collier Township walkable?
Collier Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Collier Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Collier Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Collier 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.