Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Coolspring Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 4% work in Coolspring Township itself; outside it, Hermitage draws the most (8%, 12 miles). There are 389 jobs in Coolspring Township for 819 working residents. For jobs and income Coolspring Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Coolspring Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Coolspring Township’s grade up ($87,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Coolspring Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Coolspring Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who commutes out of Coolspring Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 784 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Coolspring Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Out of Coolspring Township to work: where people go
Where Coolspring Township clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Coolspring Township: what the 389 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coolspring Township, 2013 → 2023: 437 → 389. 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 Coolspring Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Coolspring Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coolspring Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 740 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.
How far Coolspring Township’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
For most of Coolspring Township, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 830 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). 4.9% of Coolspring Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coolspring Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800, Coolspring Township comes 1,886th 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 26 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Lowhill Township PA | 2,331 | $144K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,884 | Paint Township OH | 1,779 | $84K | 10.3% | 3.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,885 | Henrietta Township OH | 1,800 | $72K | 8.1% | 4.4% | 6% | B− |
| 1,886 | Coolspring Township PA | 2,076 | $88K | 9.4% | 3.9% | 4% | B− |
| 1,887 | Clam Lake Township MI | 2,336 | $86K | 11.9% | 2.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,888 | Maple Grove Township MI | 2,646 | $78K | 13.4% | 1.8% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Coolspring Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Coolspring Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coolspring Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolspring Township | – | B− | C− | 28 min | $87,750 |
| Mercer | 3% | C− | B+ | 23 min | $47,054 |
| Fairview Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Findley Township | under 3% | B | C− | 22 min | $90,950 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | C+ | C− | 33 min | $75,515 |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | C+ | D− | 24 min | $67,500 |
| East Lackawannock Township | 4% | B+ | C | 25 min | $79,643 |
| Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairview Township and Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to East Lackawannock Township. Darker towns draw more of Coolspring 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 Coolspring Township: questions
What is the median household income in Coolspring Township?
$87,750 (±$18,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coolspring Township?
9.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coolspring Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coolspring Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (8%, 12 mi), Pine Township (5%, 11 mi), Sharon (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coolspring Township walkable?
Coolspring Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coolspring Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coolspring Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coolspring 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.