Conewago Chapel · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Conewago Township has higher unemployment (5.4%) than 67% of U.S. towns
Only 6% stay in Conewago Township for work; outside it, Hanover is the main destination (15%, 2 miles). Jobs and income earn Conewago Township B+; getting around on foot earns it B. At 27 minutes each way, commutes from Conewago Township run about the Pennsylvania average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Conewago Township, in brief
Conewago Township makes and builds things
58% of the jobs based in Conewago Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Conewago Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Conewago Township and Hanover trade workers both ways
Hanover is the top workplace for Conewago Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Conewago Township come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 Conewago Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Conewago Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #498 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Conewago Township’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income 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: 58% of jobs based in Conewago Township
2,275 jobs are based in Conewago Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conewago Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,372 → 2,275. 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 Conewago Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Conewago Township’s working residents head each day
Where Conewago Township clocks in
15% 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.
Conewago Township by day and by night
On a workday 3,656 residents head out to work, 230 work right here, and 2,045 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Conewago Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
About 27 minutes to work from Conewago 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 Conewago Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,762 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where in the region Conewago Township works
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.
In Conewago Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Conewago Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #537 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 4,225 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 71% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 4.9% of Conewago Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Conewago Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,700 to 10,900, Conewago Township ranks 1,246th of 2,966 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 21 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 51 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 59 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 1,244 | Ranson corporation WV | 6,853 | $90K | 12.0% | 2.5% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,245 | Perry Township OH | 5,908 | $76K | 12.6% | 2.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,246 | Conewago Township PA | 8,075 | $89K | 4.6% | 5.4% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,247 | Claymont DE | 8,786 | $75K | 10.0% | 3.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,248 | Bridgeport PA | 5,758 | $83K | 18.2% | 3.1% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,966 | 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 Conewago Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 12% of Conewago Township
The biggest share goes to Penn Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conewago Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conewago Township | – | B+ | B | 27 min | $88,939 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A− | C | 37 min | $94,857 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 2% | B | C | 30 min | $90,833 |
| Oxford Township | 3% | B+ | C | 26 min | $82,783 |
| Penn Township | 9% | B | B | 30 min | $85,199 |
| Berwick Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 27 min | $85,139 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 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 Conewago Township: questions
What is the median household income in Conewago Township?
$88,939 (±$9,065) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conewago Township?
4.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conewago Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conewago Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hanover (15%, 2 mi), Penn Township (9%, 3 mi), New Oxford (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Conewago Township walkable?
Conewago Township is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Conewago Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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), 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.