Conewago Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Measured by household income, Conewago Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. Conewago Township has 566 jobs; 1,365 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Conewago Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Conewago Township, in brief
Where Conewago Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Conewago Township’s grade up ($108,083, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Conewago Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Making and building: 37% of jobs based in Conewago Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conewago Township, 2014 → 2024: 520 → 566. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Conewago Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Conewago Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,293 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 494 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Conewago Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2024, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Derry Township
Where Conewago Township clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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.
How long Conewago Township spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Conewago Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,232 commuters (the 16% 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.
Miles to work from Conewago Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Conewago Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Conewago Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #780 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Conewago 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 1,471 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). 0.5% of Conewago Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Conewago Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100, Conewago Township comes 712th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
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| 61 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
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| 710 | Maple Lake MN | 2,216 | $94K | 4.4% | 2.8% | 9% | A− |
| 711 | Hatfield PA | 3,424 | $81K | 7.0% | 2.9% | 3% | A− |
| 712 | Conewago Township PA | 3,067 | $108K | 5.4% | 4.4% | 5% | A− |
| 713 | Hidden Springs ID | 3,378 | $163K | 7.2% | 4.3% | 4% | A− |
| 714 | Allen Township OH | 2,750 | $104K | 8.0% | 1.7% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Conewago Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 19% of Conewago Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conewago Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conewago Township | – | A− | C | 24 min | $108,083 |
| Mount Joy Township | under 3% | A | B− | 24 min | $97,926 |
| South Londonderry Township | under 3% | A | B+ | 22 min | $112,374 |
| Derry Township | 19% | B+ | A | 19 min | $97,025 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Derry Township. Darker towns draw more of Conewago 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 2024, 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 Conewago Township: questions
What is the median household income in Conewago Township?
$108,083 (±$15,520) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conewago Township?
5.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conewago Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conewago Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Derry Township (19%, 4 mi), Harrisburg (6%, 15 mi), Lower Swatara Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Conewago Township walkable?
Conewago Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Conewago Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Conewago Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conewago Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.