Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Conoy Township has lower unemployment (1.5%) than 90% of U.S. towns
5% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Jobs and income earn Conoy Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 4% work in Conoy Township itself; outside it, West Donegal Township draws the most (8%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Conoy Township stands out on work
Conoy Township makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Conoy Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Conoy Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Conoy Township is a place people come home to
There are 448 jobs based in Conoy Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Conoy Township has about 2,000 people in it, 39% 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.
Conoy Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Conoy Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #286 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Conoy Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($73,511, U.S. $80,734). 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, Conoy Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Factories, building and farms: 56% of the jobs in Conoy Township
448 jobs are based in Conoy Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conoy Township, 2013 → 2023: 412 → 448. 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 Conoy Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Conoy Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,653 residents head out to work, 77 work right here, and 371 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Conoy Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
Out of Conoy Township to work: where people go
Where Conoy Township clocks in
6% 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.
From Conoy Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Conoy Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,896 commuters (the 5% 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 far Conoy Township’s workers travel
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 Conoy Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Conoy Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #921 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,996 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). 4.5% of Conoy Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Conoy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Conoy Township next to U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400: 746th of 4,453 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Trappe PA | 4,061 | $127K | 4.5% | 1.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 744 | Ferris TX | 4,291 | $90K | 7.7% | 3.5% | 5% | A− |
| 745 | Perry Township OH | 2,763 | $99K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 5% | A− |
| 746 | Conoy Township PA | 3,289 | $74K | 6.1% | 1.5% | 4% | A− |
| 747 | Sparta WI | 3,277 | $94K | 5.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| 748 | Plainfield NH | 2,560 | $123K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Conoy Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Conoy Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conoy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conoy Township | – | A− | C− | 28 min | $73,511 |
| Londonderry Township | under 3% | A | B | 24 min | $91,905 |
| East Manchester Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $101,635 |
| Hellam Township | under 3% | A | C− | 30 min | $94,750 |
| Saginaw | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| West Donegal Township | 8% | A− | C | 24 min | $90,461 |
| East Donegal Township | under 3% | A− | C | 24 min | $109,158 |
| York Haven | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Saginaw: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. York Haven: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to West Donegal Township. Darker towns draw more of Conoy 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 Conoy Township: questions
What is the median household income in Conoy Township?
$73,511 (±$9,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conoy Township?
6.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conoy Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conoy Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Donegal Township (8%, 3 mi), Derry Township (6%, 11 mi), Elizabethtown (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Conoy Township walkable?
Conoy Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Conoy 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 Conoy Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conoy 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.