Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0At 11.6%, unemployment in Coolbaugh Township is higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 39 minutes on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. The two grades for Coolbaugh Township are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 7% work in Coolbaugh Township; the top destination outside it is Pocono Township (12%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Coolbaugh Township stands out on work
Coolbaugh Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
51% of the jobs in Coolbaugh Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 26% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Coolbaugh Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coolbaugh Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #928 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Coolbaugh Township’s grade up ($82,615, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coolbaugh Township could be anywhere from C− to C.
Each way, about 39 minutes from Coolbaugh Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coolbaugh Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,075 commuters (the 12% 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.
The 3,633 jobs based in Coolbaugh Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coolbaugh Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,804 → 3,633. 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 Coolbaugh Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Coolbaugh Township
About 37% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Coolbaugh Township
On a workday 6,811 residents head out to work, 480 work right here, and 3,153 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Coolbaugh Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.50 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.
The places Coolbaugh Township commutes to
Where Coolbaugh Township clocks in
12% 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.
Coolbaugh Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coolbaugh Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #495 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,084 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 28% 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 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 5.0% of Coolbaugh Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Coolbaugh Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Coolbaugh Township is 1,688th of 1,931 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 28,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 9 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,686 | Brownsville FL | 16,936 | $41K | 26.2% | 7.5% | 2% | C− |
| 1,687 | Warrington FL | 15,918 | $62K | 22.5% | 6.3% | 4% | C− |
| 1,688 | Coolbaugh Township PA | 20,681 | $83K | 16.2% | 11.6% | 7% | C− |
| 1,689 | McKinleyville CA | 17,113 | $73K | 14.2% | 7.9% | 16% | C− |
| 1,690 | Lebanon OR | 20,267 | $63K | 17.8% | 5.8% | 19% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,931 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Coolbaugh Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Coolbaugh Township
The biggest share goes to Mount Pocono (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coolbaugh Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolbaugh Township | – | C− | B | 39 min | $82,615 |
| Thornhurst Township | under 2% | C | D− | 38 min | $71,625 |
| Clifton Township | under 2% | C | C− | 23 min | $56,705 |
| Dreher Township | under 2% | D | B | 25 min | $51,648 |
| Lehigh Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 24 min | $55,536 |
| Mount Pocono | 3% | C− | A | 35 min | $79,375 |
| Tobyhanna Township | 3% | C | C+ | 30 min | $90,064 |
| Gouldsboro | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Greene Township | under 2% | D | C | 44 min | $64,219 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gouldsboro: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coolbaugh 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 Coolbaugh Township: questions
What is the median household income in Coolbaugh Township?
$82,615 (±$5,718) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coolbaugh Township?
16.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coolbaugh Township?
39 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coolbaugh Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pocono Township (12%, 12 mi), New York City (6%, 87 mi), Paradise Township (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coolbaugh Township walkable?
Coolbaugh Township is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coolbaugh Township without a car?
4% 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 Coolbaugh Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coolbaugh 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.