Photo: Nyttend · Public domainConemaugh Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Conemaugh Township are C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Conemaugh Township has 241 jobs, and 847 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 2% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Conemaugh Township
A lot of Conemaugh Township works one town over
40% of working residents work in a town that borders Conemaugh Township: Johnstown (19%), Richland Township (18%) and East Taylor Township (3%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Conemaugh Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Conemaugh Township fell from 501 in 2013 to 241 in 2023, −52%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Conemaugh Township is a place people come home to
There are 241 jobs based in Conemaugh Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Conemaugh Township has about 1,300 people in it, 32% 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 847 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Conemaugh Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Conemaugh Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Conemaugh Township’s grade up (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,500, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Conemaugh Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Goods jobs make up 32% of work in Conemaugh Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conemaugh Township, 2013 → 2023: 501 → 241. 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 Conemaugh Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Conemaugh Township on a workday
On a workday 804 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Conemaugh Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
19% of working residents work in Johnstown
Where Conemaugh Township clocks in
19% of workers
18% of workers
3% 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Conemaugh Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Conemaugh Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 925 commuters (the 2% 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 many miles Conemaugh Township commutes
About 19% 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.
Most trips from Conemaugh Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Conemaugh Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Conemaugh 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 940 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 Conemaugh Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Conemaugh Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Conemaugh Township is 3,111th among 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 36 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,109 | Penfield Township OH | 1,814 | $99K | 19.6% | 11.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,110 | Liberty Township OH | 2,115 | $70K | 6.2% | 0.4% | 4% | C |
| 3,111 | Conemaugh Township PA | 1,880 | $63K | 11.4% | 5.4% | 5% | C |
| 3,112 | Glade Township PA | 1,959 | $73K | 9.4% | 2.1% | 2% | C |
| 3,113 | Chemung NY | 2,267 | $65K | 8.5% | 4.6% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Conemaugh Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 40% of Conemaugh Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Johnstown (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conemaugh Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conemaugh Township | – | C | C− | 22 min | $62,500 |
| East Taylor Township | 3% | C | D | 24 min | $70,313 |
| Johnstown | 19% | D | A | 20 min | $37,888 |
| Daisytown | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Franklin | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Stonycreek Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 18 min | $54,648 |
| Richland Township | 18% | C+ | B+ | 17 min | $73,209 |
Same-state neighbors only. Daisytown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Franklin: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Conemaugh 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 Conemaugh Township: questions
What is the median household income in Conemaugh Township?
$62,500 (±$15,317) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conemaugh Township?
11.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conemaugh Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conemaugh Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnstown (19%, 4 mi), Richland Township (18%, 4 mi), East Taylor Township (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Conemaugh Township walkable?
Conemaugh Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Conemaugh Township 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 Conemaugh Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conemaugh 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.