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Employers in Conyngham Township report 59 jobs; 604 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Conyngham Township are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. For 8% of workers, the job is at home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Conyngham Township in brief
Conyngham Township is a place people come home to
There are 59 jobs based in Conyngham Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Conyngham Township has about 790 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Conyngham Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 604 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Conyngham Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Conyngham Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Conyngham Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Conyngham Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Conyngham Township could be anywhere from C− to C+.
In and out of Conyngham Township on a workday
On a workday 596 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Conyngham Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
About 34 minutes each way for Conyngham Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Conyngham Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 546 commuters (the 8% 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.
12% of working residents work in Berwick
Where Conyngham Township clocks in
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Conyngham Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conyngham Township, 2014 → 2024: 48 → 59. 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 Conyngham Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Conyngham Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Conyngham Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Conyngham Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 592 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). 3.5% of Conyngham Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Conyngham Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Conyngham Township is 3,232nd of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,230 | Eagle Township OH | 1,353 | $90K | 19.3% | 6.5% | 2% | C |
| 3,231 | Beaver Township PA | 1,782 | $64K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 6% | C |
| 3,232 | Conyngham Township PA | 1,336 | $60K | 12.6% | 3.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,233 | Oakland SC | 1,060 | $69K | 22.8% | 6.7% | <1% | C |
| 3,234 | Pilot Mountain NC | 1,437 | $49K | 12.4% | 3.5% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Conyngham Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Conyngham Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Salem Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conyngham Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conyngham Township | – | C | C+ | 34 min | $60,265 |
| Salem Township | 4% | B+ | C | 29 min | $78,560 |
| Union Township | under 2% | B | D | 38 min | $92,991 |
| Slocum Township | under 2% | A− | C | 26 min | $96,719 |
| Nescopeck Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $85,789 |
| Hollenback Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 30 min | $88,903 |
| Dorrance Township | under 2% | A | C− | 38 min | $98,916 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Conyngham 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 Conyngham Township: questions
What is the median household income in Conyngham Township?
$60,265 (±$6,497) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conyngham Township?
12.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conyngham Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conyngham Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Berwick (12%, 9 mi), Hazle Township (5%, 13 mi), Mahoning Township (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Conyngham Township walkable?
Conyngham Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Conyngham 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 Conyngham Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conyngham 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.