Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Cooke Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 1% work in Cooke Township itself; outside it, Silver Spring Township draws the most (6%, 20 miles). 15 jobs are based in Cooke Township for 79 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Cooke Township
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Cooke Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where people from Cooke Township work
Where Cooke Township clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
In Cooke Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cooke Township, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 15. 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 Cooke Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Cooke Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cooke Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 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.
How far Cooke Township goes to work
About 29% 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.
Cooke Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Penn Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cooke Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooke Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $103,750 |
| South Newton Township | under 3% | B | B− | 24 min | $78,167 |
| Penn Township | 3% | A− | B− | 25 min | $80,500 |
| Dickinson Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 26 min | $104,716 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cooke 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 Cooke Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cooke Township?
$103,750 (±$18,093) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cooke Township?
1.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cooke Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cooke Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Silver Spring Township (6%, 20 mi), South Middleton Township (6%, 11 mi), Chambersburg (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cooke Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cooke Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cooke 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.